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Power and Centrality: A Family of Measures

American Journal of Sociology · 1987 · Vol. 92(5) · pp. 1170–1182

Abstract

Although network centrality is generally assumed to produce power, recent research shows that this is not the case in exchange networks. This paper proposes a generalization of the concept of centrality that accounts for both the usual positive relationship between power and centrality and Cook et al.'s recent exceptional results.

Game Theory and ApplicationsComplex Network Analysis TechniquesOpinion Dynamics and Social InfluenceCentralityGeneralizationPower (physics)Network theoryBetweenness centralityMathematicsEpistemologyPhysicsCombinatoricsPhilosophy
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