Network Analysis and Ethnographic Problems

Douglas White is Professor of Anthropology and Social Networks at the University of California, Irvine. Ulla Johansen is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Cologne, Germany.

• 1 Introduction:Networks, Ethnography and Emergence Chapter 2 Problems of Analysis Chapter 3 Ethnographic Setting 4 Theories, Rules and Exceptions Chapter 5 Network Models and Complexity: Measures, Graphs, and Context Chapter 6 Clan Structures and Dynamics Chapter 7 Marriage, Rank and Migration: Fractality in Social Structure Chapter 8 Demography, Structure, and Social Change Chapter 9 Decentralized Leadership and Network Cohesion Chapter 10 Graphic Approaches to Nomad Solidarity: The Endoconical Clan Chapter 11 Conclusions

This book presents a brilliant example of the application of network analysis to kinship. . . .The applied value of this study cannot be overestimated because kin structures still play important social (and sometimes political) roles in many societies. . . .This pioneering study establishes methodology that will be in demand in anthropology, political science, economics, legal studies, and Middle Eastern studies.