Peter Hedström / Richard Swedberg (eds.)

Social Mechanisms

An Analytical Approach to Social Theory
Herausgeber: Hedstrom, Peter; Hernes, Gudmund; Swedberg, Richard

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

These essays, written by prominent social scientists, advance criticisms of current trends in social theory and suggest alternative approaches.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 356
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 502g
• ISBN-13: 9780521596879
• ISBN-10: 0521596874
• Artikelnr.: 21920212

Inhaltsangabe

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.