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Social mechanisms : an analytical approach to social theory / edited by Peter Hedström and Richard Swedberg.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in rationality and social changePublisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998Description: viii, 340 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0521596874
  • 9780521596879
  • 0521593190
  • 9780521593199
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 301.01
LOC classification:
  • HM24. S54426 1998
Contents:
1. Social mechanisms: an introductory essay / Peter Hedstrom 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. Sorensen -- 11. Monopolistic competition as a mechanism: corporations, universities, and nation-states in competitive fields / Arthur L. Stinchcombe -- 12. Rational imitation / Peter Hedstrom.
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Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 301.01 SOC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A161510B

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Social mechanisms: an introductory essay / Peter Hedstrom 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. Sorensen -- 11. Monopolistic competition as a mechanism: corporations, universities, and nation-states in competitive fields / Arthur L. Stinchcombe -- 12. Rational imitation / Peter Hedstrom.

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