A Visual Data Collection Method: German Local Parties and Associations.
This research captures local networks of German political parties and welfare agencies in regards to poverty. The article explores whether there are differences in regards to homophily and brokerage between the two studied groups using a dataset of 33 egonetworks in two German cities. The computer a...
| Publicado en: | Connections (02261766) Vol. 37; no. 1/2; pp. 45 - 53 |
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Paradigm Publishing Services
2017
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