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Informationen zum Autor Editor: Gianluca Manzo GEMASS, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and University of Paris-Sorbonne, France Klappentext Demonstrates the power of the theoretical framework of analytical sociology inexplaining a large array of social phenomenaAnalytical Sociology: Actions and Networks presents the most advanced theoretical discussion of analytical sociology, along with a unique set of examples on mechanism-based sociology. Leading scholars apply the theoretical principles of analytical sociologyto understand how puzzling social and historical phenomena including crime, lynching,witch-hunts, tax behaviours, Web-based social movement and communication,restaurant reputation, job search and careers, social network homophily and instability, cooperation and trust are brought about by complex, multi-layered social mechanisms. The analyses presented in this book rely on a wide range of methods which include qualitative observations, advanced statistical techniques, complex network tools, refined simulation methods and creative experimental protocols.This book ultimately demonstrates that sociology, like any other science, is at its bestwhen it dissects the mechanisms at work by means of rigorous model building and testing.Analytical Sociology:* Provides the most complete and up-to-date theoretical treatment of analytical sociology.* Looks at a wide range of complex social phenomena within a single and unitary theoretical framework.* Explores a variety of advanced methods to build and test theoretical models.* Examines how both computational modelling and experiments can be usedto study the complex relation between norms, networks and social actions.* Brings together research from leading global experts in the field in order topresent a unique set of examples on mechanism-based sociology.Advanced graduate students and researchers working in sociology, methodology of social sciences, statistics, social networks analysis and computer simulation will benefit from this book. Zusammenfassung This book illustrates how analytical sociology is progressively refining its theoretical framework and how powerful this framework is in explaining a large array of social phenomena. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface and Acknowledgments xiii About the Editor xv List of Contributors xvii Introduction 1 Editor's Introduction to Chapter 1 2 1 Data, Generative Models, and Mechanisms: More on the Principles of Analytical Sociology 4 Gianluca Manzo 1.1 Introduction 4 1.2 The Principles of Analytical Sociology 7 1.3 Clarity (P1) 10 1.4 Description (P2) 12 1.5 Generative Models (P3) 14 1.6 Structural Methodological Individualism (P4a) 17 1.7 Logics of Action (P4b) 21 1.8 Structural Interdependency (P4c) 27 1.9 Agent-Based Modeling (P5) 29 1.10 Back to Data (P6 and P7) 35 1.11 Concluding Remarks 37 1.12 How to Read this Book 40 Part I ACTIONS 53 Foundational Issues 54 Editor's Introduction to Chapter 2 55 2 Analytical Sociology and Rational-Choice Theory 57 Peter Hedström and Petri Ylikoski 2.1 Rational-Choice Theory 58 2.2 Sociological Rational-Choice Theory 59 2.3 Analytical Sociology as a Meta-Theory 60 2.4 The Key Ideas of Analytical Sociology 61 2.4.1 Mechanism-Based Explanation 61 2.4.2 Realism 62 2.4.3 Theories of Middle Range 63 2.4.4 Theory of Action 64 2.5 The Puzzle 64 2.6 The Assumed Special Role of RCT 65 2.7 Conclusion 67 3 Why Crime Happens: A Situational Action Theory 74 Per-Olof H. Wikström 3.1 Situational Action Theory 75 3.2 Explaining Crime 76 3.3 The Situational Model 77 3.4 The Situational Process 78 3....
