"Social network analysis has been one of the fastest growing and most influential areas of recent times. Why has this happened? What are the key features of social network analysis?" "This sparkling Handbook offers an unrivalled resource. Systematically, it introduces readers to…
In this series of interconnected essays, Rajnarayan Chandavarkar offers a powerful revisionist analysis of the relationship between class and politics in India between the Mutiny and Independence. Dr Chandavarkar rejects the 'Orientalist' view of Indian social and economic devel…
"Middle-class progressives in the early twentieth century wanted to transform a corrupt and chaotic industrial America into an "authentic" democracy, but they were arguably led astray by their privilege. Focused on enhancing the voices of individuals, generations of progressives…
"In this landmark study, Peter M. Blau considers a basic question: How does social life become organized into increasingly complex structures of associations among humans? This analysis, first published in 1964, represents a pioneering contribution to the sociological literature…
