Social Mechanisms - An Analytical Approach to Social Theory

Table des matières

Acknowledgements; List of contributors; 1. Social mechanisms: an introductory essay Peter Hedström and Richard Swedberg; 2. Social mechanisms and social dynamics Thomas C. Schelling; 3. A plea for mechanisms Jon Elster; 4. Real virtuality Gudmund Hernes; 5. Concatenations of mechanisms Diego Gambetta; 6. Do economists use social mechanisms to explain? Tyler Cowen; 7. Social mechanisms of dissonance reduction Timur Kuran; 8. Social mechanisms without black boxes Raymond Boudon; 9. Is sociological theory too grand for social mechanisms? Axel van den Berg; 10. Theoretical mechanisms and the empirical study of social processes Aage B. Sørensen; 11. Monopolistic competition as a mechanism: corporations, universities, and nation-states in competitive fields Arthur L. Stinchcombe; 12. Rational imitation Peter Hedström; Indexes.

Résumé

The mechanism approach calls attention to an intermediary level of analysis in between pure description and story-telling, on the one hand, and grand theorizing and universal social laws, on the other. These essays, written by prominent social scientists, advance criticisms of current trends in social theory and suggest alternative approaches.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Peter (Stockholms Universitet) Swedberg Hedstroem, Peter Swedberg Hedstrom
• Collaboration: Peter Hedstrom (Editeur), Peter Hedström (Editeur), Gudmund Hernes (Editeur), Richard Swedberg (Editeur), Swedberg Richard (Editeur)
• Edition: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 13.01.1998
• EAN: 9780521593199
• ISBN: 978-0-521-59319-9
• Pages: 356
• Thèmes: Studies in Rationality and Soc; Studies in Rationality and Social Change
• Catégories: Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sociologie > Théories sociologiques; Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory