Social Network Analysis: Research Methods - Hardcoverby John Scott (Author), Jessica Nina Lester (Editor), Mark Elliot (Editor) This book introduces the non specialist reader to the principal ideas, nature and purpose of social network analysis. Social networks operate on many levels, from families up to the level of nations, and play a critical role in determining the way problems are solved, organizations are run, and the degree to which individuals achieve their goals. Social network theory maps