DAVID WILLER is Professor of sociology at the University of South Carolina. Among his earlier publications are Theory and the Experimental Investigation of Social Structures (1987) and, edited with Bo Anderson, Networks Exchange and Coercion (1981).

• PrefaceNetwork Exchange Theory: Issues and DirectionsActors in RelationsRelations in StructuresPower RelationsPrefacePower Relations in Exchange Networks by Markovsky, Willer and PattonThe Discovery of Weak PowerExclusion and PowerPrefaceExclusion and Power: A Test of Four Theories of Power in Exchange Networks by Skvoretz and WillerNegotiated ExchangesPrefaceNegotiated Exchanges in Social Networks by Lovaglia et al.An Alternative for Predicting Weak Power by Lovaglia and WillerNetwork ConnectionsPrefaceNetwork Connections and Exchange Ratios: Theory, Predictions and Experimental Tests by Willer and SkvoretzPower and InfluencePrefacePower and Influence: A Theoretical Bridge by Willer, Lovaglia and MarkovskyStatus Influence and Status Value by ThyeRecent Problems and Solutions in Network Exchange TheoryPrefaceAn Automated Approach to the Theoretical Analysis of Difficult Problems by Lovaglia et al.A New Method for Finding Power Structures by Simpson and WillerDeveloping Network Exchange Theory