Social Network Analyses
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Strengths:
- Focuses on social relationships.
- Can be used to analyse complex, non-linear networks at different levels and scales.
- Backed up by body of analytical and theoretical literature.
Weaknesses:
- Difficulties in balancing the need to analyse networks in sufficient depth and breadth with the need to keep analysis simple enough to yield meaningful results.
- Difficulties in applying social network theory to real life field situations.
Limitations:
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Short description:
SNA allows for analysis of the structure of relationships between different actors at different scales, from the local to the global. A range of development programmes can be conceptualised as networks which map out actors, relationships and behaviour patterns, making them easier to visualise, understand and verify.
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How to put into practice:
SNA involves the construction of network diagrams that focus on the structure of relationships ranging from local to global fields.
Examples:
Online resources:
Social Network Analysis and Evaluation: http://mande.co.uk/2008/uncategorized/social-network-analysis-and-evaluation-a-list/
For further study:
Network models and Social Frameworks for representing project contexts, plans and outcomes - explanatory website by Rick Davies on how network models can be used to describe development projects.
Author(s):
Rebecca Horsewell, Global Partners
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