Open AccessNetwork Thinking in Peace and Conflict Studies
Author(s) -
Alvin W. Wolfe
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
peace and conflict studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.116
H-Index - 6
ISSN - 1082-7307
DOI - 10.46743/1082-7307/2004.1045
Subject(s) - centrality , equivalence (formal languages) , social network analysis , network analysis , conflict analysis , computation , political science , epistemology , conflict resolution , sociology , social science , mathematical economics , computer science , mathematics , engineering , discrete mathematics , algorithm , combinatorics , philosophy , social capital , electrical engineering
Developments in mathematics and social theory and in techniques of communication and computation have brought network analysis to a state where it can be practically applied over a broad spectrum. Surprisingly, this mode of analysis has not been adopted by practitioners and scholars of peace and conflict studies to the extent that it ought to be. Examples of types of analysis that could have important applications are given, using network concepts such centrality, structural equivalence, and regular equivalence.