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

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Material type: Text

TextSeries: 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

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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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