Unblocking the Path to Effective Block Modeling in Social Movement Research
Unblocking the Path to Effective Block Modeling in Social Movement Research
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为社会运动研究中有效的区块建模开辟道路
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2011
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C. Saunders
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C. Saunders
社会运动网络的主要研究使用块建模来揭示运动网络结构。虽然数学社会学技术在这里应用是有希望的，但有理由在这两个研究领域之间建立更紧密的联系。例如，数学社会学文献建议，分析的网络应该完整且相对密集，应应用一定程度的推论来选择“最佳”模型，应指定等价和/或误差分数的水平，并应仔细选择可靠且适当的算法和等价水平。通过地球之友国际组织（FoEI）组织间网络的块建模分析，论证了块建模分析中涉及的一些困境。这说明，在缺乏数学社会学家推荐的稳健分析程序的情况下，块模型无法揭示社会运动网络的结构。
Key studies of social movement networks use block modelling to uncover movement network structures. While it is promising to see mathematical sociology techniques applied here, there are grounds for engendering an even closer connection between these two fields of study. The mathematical sociology literature recommends, for example, that analyzed networks should be complete and relatively dense, that some degree of deduction should be applied to select the "best" model, that levels of equivalence and/or error scores should be specified, and that reliable and appropriate algorithms and levels of equivalence should be carefully selected. Some dilemmas involved in block modelling analysis are demonstrated through block modelling analysis of interorganizational networking in Friends of the Earth International (FoEI). This illustrates that, in the absence of the robust analytical procedures recommended by mathematical sociologists, block models are unable to uncover the structure of social movement networks.