Network analysis in comparative social sciences.

Autor/inn/en	Roldan Vera, Eugenia; Schupp, Thomas
Titel	Network analysis in comparative social sciences.
Quelle	In: Comparative education, 46 (2006) 3, S. 405-429Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	grafische Darstellungen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-0068; 1360-0486
DOI	10.1080/03050060600876723
Schlagwörter	Forschung; Vergleichende Forschung; Methodik; Sozialwissenschaften; Analyse; Netzwerk; Theorie
Abstract	This essay describes the pertinence of Social Network Analysis (SNA) for the social sciences in general, and discusses its methodological and conceptual implications for comparative research in particular. The authors first present a basic summary of the theoretical and methodological assumptions of SNA, followed by a succinct overview of its application to diverse fields of study. They then exemplify in greater detail one of the possible uses of SNA in comparative research, namely in studies on the transnational diffusion of innovations. In so doing, they draw on a case taken from their own research work, i.e. the introduction and dissemination of the so-called monitorial system of education in early nineteenth-century Hispanic America. The authors conclude with an assessment of the impact, possibilities, and weaknesses of SNA in the current conjuncture of comparative social and historical research. (DIPF/Orig.).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2007/3