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245 0 0 _aAnalytical sociology and social mechanisms /
_cedited by Pierre Demeulenaere.
246 3 _aAnalytical Sociology & Social Mechanisms
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2011.
300 _a1 online resource (ix, 320 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505 0 0 _tIntroduction /
_rPierre Demeulenaere --
_gPart I.
_tAction and Mechanisms:
_g1.
_tOrdinary rationality: the core of analytical sociology /
_rRaymond Boudon;
_g2.
_tIndeterminacy of emotional mechanisms /
_rJon Elster;
_g3.
_tA naturalistic ontology for mechanistic explanations in the social sciences /
_rDan Sperber;
_g4.
_tConversation as mechanism: emergence in creative groups /
_rR. Keith Sawyer --
_gPart II.
_tMechanisms and Causality:
_g5.
_tGenerative process model building /
_rThomas J. Fararo;
_g6.
_tSingular mechanisms and Bayesian narratives /
_rPeter Abell;
_g7.
_tThe logic of mechanismic explanations in the social sciences /
_rMichael Schmid;
_g8.
_tSocial mechanisms and explanatory relevance /
_rPetri Ylikoski;
_g9.
_tCausal regularities, action and explanation/
_rPierre Demeulenaere --
_gPart III.
_tApproaches to Mechanisms:
_g10.
_tYouth unemployment: a self-reinforcing process? /
_rYvonne Åberg and Peter Hedström;
_g11.
_tNeighborhood effects, causal mechanisms, and the social structure of the city /
_rRobert J. Sampson;
_g12.
_tSocial mechanisms and generative explanations : computational models with double agents /
_rMichael W. Macy with Damon Centola, Andreas Flache, Arnout van de Rijt and Robb Willer;
_g13.
_tRelative deprivation in Silico: agent-based models and causality in analytical sociology /
_rGianluca Manzo.
520 _aMechanisms are very much a part of social life. For example, we can see that inequality has tended to increase over time, and that cities can become segregated. But how do such mechanisms work? Analytical sociology is an influential approach to sociology which holds that explanations of social phenomena should focus on the social mechanisms that bring them about. This book evaluates the major features of this approach, focusing on the significance of the notion of mechanism. Leading scholars seek to answer a number of questions in order to explore all the relevant dimensions of mechanism-based explanations in social sciences. How do social mechanisms link together individual actions and social environments? What is the role of multi-agent modelling in the conceptualization of mechanisms? Does the notion of mechanism solve the problem of relevance in social sciences explanations?
650 0 _aSociology.
650 0 _aSociology
_xMethodology.
650 0 _aSocial systems.
700 1 _aDemeulenaere, Pierre,
_eeditor.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521190473
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511921315
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