Qualitative Networks - Mixed Methods in Sociological Research

"How do we interact with people in our everyday life? Who are the people we are connected to? What are the consequences of overlapping social circles and how people deal with the potential emerging conflicts? What are the structural and cultural mechanisms that regulate social worlds? Network science is a scientific approach to the study of network dependencies and associations which tries to answer these and many other questions. This book explores the underlying mechanisms that regulate social life as they are produced, reproduced, modified, and abandoned in the spatial and temporal patterns of interactions. The mixed methods approach, that combines formal network analysis with qualitative materials and statistical tools, shows the importance of contextualising structural mechanisms in their social and cultural environment, and allows overcoming the traditional methodological boundaries that shape the field of social sciences"--

Product details

• Authors: Elisa Bellotti, Elisa (University of Manchester Bellotti, Bellotti Elisa
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.08.2014
• EAN: 9780415600866
• ISBN: 978-0-415-60086-6
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Social Research Today
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, Society & culture: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Methodology, Society and culture: general, Social and ethical issues, Social research and statistics, Research methods: general, Social groups, communities and identities