Comparative configurational analysis as a two-mode network problem: A study of terrorist group engagement in the drug trade

Ronald L. Breiger; Eric Schoon; David Melamed; Victor Asal; R. Karl Rethemeyer

doi:10.1016/j.socnet.2013.04.002

Comparative configurational analysis as a two-mode network problem: A study of terrorist group engagement in the drug trade

Ronald L. Breiger, Eric Schoon, David Melamed, Victor Asal, R. Karl Rethemeyer

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Abstract

We generalize a form of two-mode network analysis to make it applicable to a cases-by-variables data format, and apply our approach for the study of terrorist group engagement in the drug trade, emphasizing the implications of our approach for policy in a study of 395 terrorist organizations. Based on the organizations' levels of resources, network connectivity to other groups, ideological emphasis, and participation in multiple illicit economies, we identify several distinctive configurations of factors that lead to multiple types of drug activity. We also demonstrate a technique for assessing sampling variability in configurational models.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	23-39
Number of pages	17
Journal	Social Networks
Volume	36
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socnet.2013.04.002
State	Published - Jan 2014

Keywords

Duality
Illicit economies
Terrorism
Two-mode network analysis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Anthropology
Sociology and Political Science
General Social Sciences
General Psychology

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