The Oxford handbook of analytical sociology /

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Imprint:Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Description:1 online resource (xxi, 772 pages) : illustrations (black and white).
Language:English
Series:Oxford handbooks online
Oxford handbooks online.
Subject:Sociology.
Sociology -- Philosophy.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12004913
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Varying Form of Title:Analytical sociology
Other authors / contributors:Hedström, Peter, editor.
Bearman, Peter S., 1956- editor.
ISBN:9780191851735 (ebook) : No price
Notes:Previously issued in print: 2011.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Description based on print version record.
Summary: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.
Target Audience:Specialized.
Other form:Print version : 9780199215362
Table of Contents:
  • What is analytical sociology all about? An introductory essay / Peter Hedström, 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 Hedström, 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 Brückner
  • Analytical ethnography / Diane Vaughan
  • Historical sociology / Karen Barkey
  • Emotions / Jon Elster
  • The Contagiousness of Divorce / Yvonne Åberg
  • Beliefs / Jens Rydgren
  • Preferences / Jeremy Freese
  • Opportunities / Trond Petersen
  • Heuristics / Dan Goldstein
  • Signaling / Diego Gambetta
  • Norms / Jon Elster.