Phillip Bonacich
holds his PhD from Harvard University in Sociology and is currently a professor
at UCLA that focuses on Social Networks.
His research is in the areas of Mathematical Sociology, Social Psychology,
Quantitative Methodology.
Dr.
Bonacich has contributed to social network analysis by examining the power of
network, specifically looking at measures of power and centrality, as well as
examining structures of exchange networks through a mathematical sociology lens.
He has
been a player in the field since the late seventies, but the bulk of his
publications regarding social networks are from the late eighties and
later. His most sited work, “Power and
Centrality: A family of measures” (1987) challenged the idea that network
centrality is positively related to power in exchange networks. The bulk of his
work has focused on the power of exchange networks and coalitions within exchange networks.
He uses
quantitative measures to examine links between networks and the implications
for power of those networks. In the
Social Networks Journal in 2003, he examines asymmetric networks and contends
that eigenvector-like measures cannot measure levels of centrality in all
networks, specifically asymmetric ones.
While much
of his work has been published alone, collaborators include Paulette Lloyd of
UCLA and Elisa Jayne Bienenstock of Georgetown University.
Some works
include:
“Power and
centrality: A family of measures.” American journal of sociology, 1987
"The
Evolution of Exchange Networks: A Simulation Study." Journal of Social
Structure. 2001
"An
Algebraic Theory of Strong Power in Negatively Connected Exchange
Networks," Journal of Mathematical Sociology. 23(1999)203-224.
"Eigenvector-like
Measures of Centrality for Asymmetric Relations." Social Networks 23
(2001):191-201.
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