Tackling connections, structure, and meaning in networks: Quantitative and qualitative methods in sociological network research

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1067-1089

  Fuhse, Jan ^a   Mützel, Sophie ^b  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Culture; Meaning; Qualitative methods; Relational sociology; Social network analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051473211     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-011-9492-3     Document Type: Article

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