Social mechanisms :  an analytical approach to social theory / 
edited by Peter Hedström and Richard Swedberg. 
 - viii, 340 pages :  illustrations ;  23 cm. 
 - Studies in rationality and social change .
 - Studies in rationality and social change. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Social mechanisms: an introductory essay /  Social mechanisms and social dynamics /  A plea for mechanisms /  Real virtuality /  Concatenations of mechanisms /  Do economists use social mechanisms to explain? /  Social mechanisms of dissonance reduction /  Social mechanisms without black boxes /  Is sociological theory too grand for social mechanisms? /  Theoretical mechanisms and the empirical study of social processes /  Monopolistic competition as a mechanism: corporations, universities, and nation-states in competitive fields /  Rational imitation /  Peter Hedstrom and Richard Swedberg --  Thomas C. Schelling --  Jon Elster --  Gudmund Hernes --  Diego Gambetta --  Tyler Cowen --  Timur Kuran --  Raymond Boudon --  Axel van den Berg --  Aage B. Sorensen --  Arthur L. Stinchcombe --  Peter Hedstrom.  1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6.  7.  8.  9.  10.  11.  12. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0521596874 9780521596879 0521593190 9780521593199 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>97011413 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sociology--Methodology<br/>Social systems
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HM24.  / S54426 1998 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>301.01