Details

Subject(s)

• Sociology [Browse]
• Sociology—Philosophy [Browse]

Editor

• Hedström, Peter [Browse]
• Bearman, Peter S., 1956- [Browse]

Series

Oxford handbooks online. [More in this series]

Summary note

Exploring analytical sociology as an approach for explaining important social facts such as network structures, patterns of residential segregation, typical beliefs, and cultural tastes, this text brings together some of the most prominent analytical sociologists. In four parts, the volume describes the foundations of analytical sociology; discusses the role of action and interaction in explaining diverse social processes such as emotions and beliefs; looks at the macroscopic social dynamics brought on by the activation of the cog-and-wheel mechanisms; and asks how analytic sociology relates to other fields and approaches such as game theory, analytic ethnography, and historical sociology.

Notes

Previously issued in print: 2011.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Target audience

Specialized.

Source of description

• Description based on print version record.
• Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Language note

English

Contents

• What is analytical sociology all about? An introductory essay / Peter Hedstrèom, Peter Bearman
• Trust / Alexandra Gerbasi, Karen S. Cook
• Social dynamics from the bottom up: Agent-based models of social interaction / Andreas Flache, Michael Macy
• Segregation dynamics / Robert Mare, Elizabeth Bruch
• Self fulfilling processes / Michael Biggs
• Social influence: The puzzling nature of success in cultural markets / Duncan J. Watts, Matthew J. Salganik
• Matching / Katherine Stovel
• Collective action / Delia Baldassarri
• Conditional choice / Meredith Rolfe
• Network dynamics / James Moody
• Threshold models of social influence / Peter Dodds, Duncan J. Watts
• Analytical sociology and theories of the middle range / Peter Hedstrèom, Lars Udehn
• Time and scheduling / Christopher Winship
• Homophily and the focused organization of ties / Scott Feld, Bernard Grofman
• Status / Freda Lynn, Joel Podolny
• Dominance hierarchies / W. Brent Lindquist, Ivan Chase
• Conflict / Stathis Kalyvas
• Game theory / Richard Breen
• Experiments / Iris Bohnet
• Surveys / Hannah Brèuckner
• Analytical ethnography / Diane Vaughan
• Historical sociology / Karen Barkey
• Emotions / Jon Elster
• The Contagiousness of Divorce / Yvonne êAberg
• Beliefs / Jens Rydgren
• Preferences / Jeremy Freese
• Opportunities / Trond Petersen
• Heuristics / Dan Goldstein
• Signaling / Diego Gambetta
• Norms / Jon Elster.

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Other title(s)

Analytical sociology

ISBN

• 9786613222596
• 9780191851735
• 0191851736
• 9781283222594
• 1283222590
• 9780191550577
• 0191550574

OCLC

609850411

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