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Electronic communication and socio-political mobilisation

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The article was published on 2005-01-01. It has received 37 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Politics.

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Gramsci, Hegemony, and Global Civil Society Networks

TL;DR: In this paper, two contradictory models of global civil society in the global governance system that are put forth by neo-Gramscian thought are tested through network analysis of a matrix of links between 10,001 international NGOs in a purposive sample of INGOs extracted from the database of the Union of International Associations.
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The Coevolution of Multiplex Communication Networks in Organizational Communities

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the evolutionary patterns and determinants of multiplex organizational communication networks and found that the effects of common third-party ties and structural embeddedness exist across multiplex networks.
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Reflections on the Concept and Measurement of Global Civil Society

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that the current academic debate about global civil society has reached a point where some assessment or reflection could be useful for informing the course of future research in the field.
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Structural Approaches in the Sociology of Social Movements

TL;DR: Sociological research on social movements can be classified as adopting either a structural or cultural emphasis as mentioned in this paper, with the former focusing on the distribution of material resources and the organizations and institutions that govern such distribution, while the latter approach emphasizes questions about how individuals and groups perceive and interpret these material conditions.

Public diplomacy: a conceptual framework

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose a method to solve the problem of "uniformity" and "uncertainty" in the context of education.iii.iiiiii.
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Birds of a Feather: Homophily in Social Networks

TL;DR: The homophily principle as mentioned in this paper states that similarity breeds connection, and that people's personal networks are homogeneous with regard to many sociodemographic, behavioral, and intrapersonal characteristics.
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The rise of the network society

TL;DR: The Rise of the Network Society as discussed by the authors is an account of the economic and social dynamics of the new age of information, which is based on research in the USA, Asia, Latin America, and Europe, it aims to formulate a systematic theory of the information society which takes account of fundamental effects of information technology on the contemporary world.
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Social Network Analysis

John Scott
TL;DR: In this article, the development of social network analysis, tracing its origins in classical sociology and its more recent formulation in social scientific and mathematical work, is described and discussed. But it is argued that the analysis of social networks is not a purely static process.
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Activists Beyond Borders: Advocacy Networks in International Politics

TL;DR: Keck and Sikkink as discussed by the authors examine a type of pressure group that has been largely ignored by political analysts: networks of activists for them influential not mean a developmental services ihss provider payments on.
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What is social network analysis

John Scott
TL;DR: Social networks operate on many levels, from families up to the level of nations, and play a critical role in determining the way problems are solved, organizations are run, and the degree to which individuals achieve their goals.