This is the first textbook on social network analysis
integrating theory, applications, and professional software for performing
network analysis (Pajek). Step by step, the book introduces the main structural
concepts and their applications in social research with exercises to test the
understanding. An application section explaining how to perform the network
analyses with Pajek software follows each theoretical section. Pajek software
and datasets for all examples are freely available, so the reader can learn
network analysis by doing it. In addition, each chapter offers case studies for
practising network analysis. In the end, the reader has the knowledge, skills,
and tools to apply social network analysis in all social sciences, ranging from
anthropology and sociology to business administration and history.