Social Mechanisms

Klappentext These essays! written by prominent social scientists! advance criticisms of current trends in social theory and suggest alternative approaches. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Peter Hedstrom, Richard Swedberg
• Collaboration: Peter Hedstrom (Editeur), Peter Hedström (Editeur), Gudmund Hernes (Editeur), Richard Swedberg (Editeur), Swedberg Richard (Editeur)
• Edition: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Broché
• Sortie: 13.01.1998
• EAN: 9780521596879
• ISBN: 978-0-521-59687-9
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 214 mm x 20 mm
• Thèmes: Studies in Rationality and Soc; Studies in Rationality and Social Change; Studies in Rationality and Soc
• Catégories: Ecole et pédagogie > Préparation de l'enseignement > Formation professionnelle; Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory