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Networking with a network: the Liverpool African Committee 1750-1810

Haggerty, John; Haggerty, Sheryllynne

Authors

John Haggerty

Sheryllynne Haggerty



Abstract

Historians are increasingly using networks as an analytical framework. However, recent research has stressed the inherent problems with networks, including networking institutions. We therefore have to consider why and in what ways actors do, or did, engage with networks. This paper posits a novel interdisciplinary methodology by bringing together regression analysis, visual analytics and history to analyse actors' relationships with an institution, rather than with one another. This methodology, illustrated by the case study of the Liverpool African Committee, 1750-1810, demonstrates that actors' relationships with an institution may be affective or instrumental, reflecting different relationships with, and uses of, the network. Moreover, actors' relationships with an institution are not static and change over time. The methodology and case study presented in this paper suggest a reassesment of our understanding of metropolitan business networking institutions to reflect the complexity of their use.

Citation

Haggerty, J., & Haggerty, S. (2017). Networking with a network: the Liverpool African Committee 1750-1810. Enterprise and Society, 18(3), 566-590. https://doi.org/10.1017/eso.2016.64

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Aug 29, 2016
Online Publication Date Mar 7, 2017
Publication Date Sep 1, 2017
Deposit Date Oct 19, 2016
Publicly Available Date Mar 7, 2017
Journal Enterprise and Society
Print ISSN 1467-2227
Electronic ISSN 1467-2235
Publisher Oxford University Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 18
Issue 3
Pages 566-590
DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/eso.2016.64
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/966704
Publisher URL https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/enterprise-and-society/article/networking-with-a-network-the-liverpool-african-committee-17501810/36F7CB2FA9BFCD8AA106D3EE494CEA4D
Additional Information This article has been published in a revised form in Enterprise & Society http://doi.org/10.1017/eso.2016.64. This version is free to view and download for private research and study only. Not for re-distribution, re-sale or use in derivative works. © The Author 2017.

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