ISBN:
0191615234
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9780191615238
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (1 online resource (1611 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Oxford Handbooks in Politics & International Relations
Parallel Title:
Print version Oxford Handbook of Analytical Sociology
DDC:
301
Keywords:
Sociology
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Sociology Philosophy
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Soziologie
;
Methodologie
;
Aufsatzsammlung
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Electronic books
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Soziologie
;
Methodologie
Abstract:
Analytical sociology is a strategy for understanding the social world. It is concerned with explaining important social facts such as network structures, patterns of residential segregation, typical beliefs, cultural tastes, and common ways of acting. It explains such facts by detailing in clear and precise ways the mechanisms through which the social facts were brought about. Making sense of the relationship between micro and macro thus is one of the central concerns of analyticalsociology. The approach is a contemporary incarnation of Robert K. Merton's notion of middle-range theory and pres
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; About The Contributors; PART I FOUNDATIONS; 1. What Is Analytical Sociology All About? An Introductory Essay; 2. Analytical Sociology And Theories Of The Middle Range; PART II SOCIAL COGS AND WHEELS; 3. Emotions; 4. Beliefs; 5. Preferences; 6. Opportunities; 7. Heuristics; 8. Signaling; 9. Norms; 10. Trust; PART III SOCIAL DYNAMICS; 11. Social Dynamics From The Bottom Up: Agent-Based Models Of Social Interaction; 12. Segregation Dynamics; 13. Self-Fulfilling Prophecies.
Description / Table of Contents:
14. Social Influence: The Puzzling Nature Of Success In Cultural Markets15. The Contagiousness Of Divorce; 16. Matching; 17. Collective Action; 18. Conditional Choice; 19. Network Dynamics; 20. Threshold Models Of Social Influence; 21. Time And Scheduling; 22. Homophily And The Focused Organization Of Ties; 23. Status; 24. Dominance Hierarchies; 25. Conflict; PART IV PERSPECTIVES FROM OTHER FIELDS AND APPROACHES; 26. Game Theory; 27. Experiments; 28. Surveys; 29. Analytic Ethnography; 30. Historical Sociology; Name Index; Subject Index; Footnotes; Chapter 01 Footnote; Chapter 02 Footnote.
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 04 FootnoteChapter 06 Footnote; Chapter 15 Footnote; Chapter 16 Footnote; Chapter 17 Footnote; Chapter 18 Footnote; Chapter 19 Footnote; Chapter 20 Footnote; Chapter 21 Footnote; Chapter 22 Footnote; Chapter 24 Footnote; Chapter 25 Footnote; Chapter 26 Footnote; Chapter 29 Footnote; Chapter 30 Footnote.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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