Our illustration of social network analysis came out of a study undertaken first during 1971–1972 and later in 1997–1998.
Network theory can capture both. The sources of our social network data are two longitudinal studies undertaken in a typical rain-fed traditional rice-based economy in central West Bengal in India covering 2,697 households in 21 villages in the Md. Bazar Community Development Block of Birbhum district.
Beginning its journey as a descriptive metaphor, social network, in the course of the past few decades, has, as a parallel to the theories of market exchange, carved out a position for itself in the realm of theories and method- ology for the study of society (Collins, 1988).
It is 0.067, 0, and 1.00 for the three networks in Figure 1.2. The measure 2s/m is not applicable to the first network in Figure 1.1 since m is too close to n(n − 1). It is 1.00 for the second and third networks, 0 for the fourth, and 0.125 for the last. It is 0.333, 0, and 1.00 for the three networks in Figure 1.2.