Chané, Anna-Luise; Sharma, Arjun --- "Social network analysis in human rights research" [2017] ELECD 721; in Andreassen, A. Bård; Sano, Hans-Otto; McInerney-Lankford, Siobhán (eds), "Research Methods in Human Rights" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017) 354

Book Title: Research Methods in Human Rights

Editor(s): Andreassen, A. Bård; Sano, Hans-Otto; McInerney-Lankford, Siobhán

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781785367786

Section: Chapter 15

Section Title: Social network analysis in human rights research

Author(s): Chané, Anna-Luise; Sharma, Arjun

Number of pages: 25

Abstract/Description:

This chapter introduces some of the key features of social network analysis along with the opportunities and challenges in applying them to human rights research. Social network analysis is a set of tools and methods that aims to examine the relational dynamics between actors. Using a case study from the UN Human Rights Council, we illustrate how social network analysis enables human rights researchers to extend their analytical toolkit by combining the study of structural relations with traditional statistical and qualitative methods.