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Network Analysis: What it is, what it isnt, and how you do it. Alexander H. Montgomery Reed College
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Network Analysis (NA) What is (and is not) NA in IR How to do NA (in three parts) NA: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Questions
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What is (and is not) NA in IR Networks in IR (not NA) –TANs, CTAs, Networked Governance –Hierarchies/Networks/Mark ets Networks as Relational Structures (NA) –Individualist Explanations –Holist Explanations –Relationalist Explanations A>B I am A, so I do B. HOLIST STRUCTURE RELATIONS
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How to do Network Analysis (1) 1. Define your networks –Ties –Nodes 2a. Theorize network dynamics –Tie-based Structural Balance Structural Equivalence Preferred Attachment –Node-based Homophily Heterophily Pakistan USA France 4 China Iran 1 N.Korea 1 1 2
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How to do Network Analysis (2) 2b. Theorize network effects –Individual/Interaction Level: Social Capital/Power Access Brokerage Exit –Group Level: Conflict and Cooperation –Network Level: Efficiency and Robustness USA France 4 China Iran 1 N.Korea 1 1 2
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How to do Network Analysis (3) 3. Measure and analyze –Conceptual –Graphs
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How to do Network Analysis (3) 3. Measure and analyze –Conceptual –Graphs –Calculate Quantities –Regression
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NA: The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly Explicit –Trade (1947-2000) –Diplomatic Relations (1817- 2005) Affiliation –IGOs (1816-2000) –Alliances (1816-2000) Implicit –Democracy, Religion, Ethnicity, etc. Interactions –MIDs, War, etc. (Lewer and Van den Berg 2007) (Ward and Hoff 2007) (Maoz 2006)
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