Power and Centrality: A Family of Measures
1987/03/01 by Phillip Bonacich · 5,242 citations
Decision Sciences · Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Betweenness centrality #Centrality #Combinatorics #Complex Network Analysis Techniques #Epistemology #Game Theory and Applications #Generalization #Mathematics #Network theory #Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence #Philosophy #Physics #Power (physics)
paper · doi:10.1086/228631
published in American Journal of Sociology 92(5), 1170-1182 (University of Chicago Press)
openalex publication_date 1987/03/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/04
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.
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