Political Networks. Theory and Methods of Analysis. Textbook for university students. UMO Stamp for universities of Russia

The textbook is the first systematic publication dedicated to modern political networks in the world and in Russia, as well as methods of their analysis. It discloses the theories of political networks, the nature of network relationships and networking, networking and environmental, network communication features, knowledge management in networks and network learning. The characteristics of such methods for analyzing networks, as modeling, graph theory, configuration methods, statistical methods are given. Special attention is paid to the description of the types of political networks and their role in various sectors of political activities. The textbook contains a description of the network political management, network public policy, network political parties, network political participation, global political networks, e-government and electronic democracy. Eliminate the mastering of the material is a large illustrative material, references to literary sources, as well as tasks.
The textbook is intended for students studying in the directions: Political sciences and regions, Sociology, Management and State and Municipal Management