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Introduction / Peter J. Carrington and John Scott -- Social network analysis : an introduction / Alexandra Marin and Barry Wellman -- The development of social network analysis with an emphasis on recent events / Linton C. Freeman -- Network theory / Stephen P. Borgatti and Virginie Lopez-Kidwell -- Social physics and social networks / John Scott -- Social networks in economics / Sanjeev Goyal -- Relational sociology, culture, and agency / Ann Mische -- Personal communities : the world according to me / Vincent Chua, Julia Madej, and Barry Wellman -- Social support / Lijun Song, Joonmo Son, and Nan Lin -- Kinship, class, and community / Douglas R. White -- Animal social networks / Katherine Faust -- Networking online : cybercommunities / Anatoliy Gruzd and Caroline Haythornthwaite -- Corporate elites and intercorporate networks / William K. Carroll and J.P. Sapinski -- Political dimensions of corporate connections / Matthew Bond and Nicholas Harrigan -- Policy networks / David Knoke -- Social movements and collective action / Mario Diani -- Crime and social network analysis / Peter J. Carrington -- Terrorist networks : the threat of connectivity / Reneé C. van der Hulst -- Scientific and scholarly networks / Howard D. White -- Cultural networks / Paul DiMaggio -- Social networks, geography and neighborhood effects / Ron Johnston and Charles Pattie -- A multiple-network analysis of the world system of nations, 1995-1999 / Edward L. Kick ... [et al.] -- A brief introduction to analyzing social network data / Robert A. Hanneman and Mark Riddle -- Concepts and measures for basic network analysis / Robert A. Hanneman and Mark Riddle -- Survey methods for network data / Peter V. Marsden -- Survey sampling in networks / Ove Frank -- Qualitative approaches / Betina Hollstein -- Analyzing affiliation networks / Stephen P. Borgatti and Daniel S. Halgin -- Positions and roles / Anus?ka Ferligoj, Patrick Doreian, and Vladimir Batagelj -- Relation algebras and social networks / Philippa Pattison -- Statistical models for ties and actors / Marijtje A.J. van Duijn and Mark Huisman -- Exponential random graph models for social networks / Garry Robins -- Network dynamics / Tom A.B. Snijders -- Models and methods to identify peer effects / Weihua (Edward) An -- Kinship network analysis / Klaus Hamberger, Michael Houseman, and Douglas R. White -- Large-scale network analysis / Vladimir Batagelj -- Network visualization / Lothar Krempel -- A reader's guide to SNA software / Mark Huisman and Marijtje A.J. van Duijn.

Instead of consulting a variety of books and journal articles, this Handbook, edited by genuine leaders in the field, is a one-stop guide to social network analysis that will be used by readers for decades to come