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"This book illustrates how analytical sociology is progressively refining its theoretical framework and how powerful this framework is in explaining a large array of social phenomena. The authors have collaborated to demonstrate how analytical sociology integrates formal models, computer simula...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Manzo, Gianluca (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken ; Chichester, West Sussex, UK : Wiley, 2014.
Temas:
Sociology.
Sociology > Research.
Sociology > Philosophy.
Sociology
Sociologie.
Sociologie > Philosophie.
sociology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Sociology > Philosophy
Sociology > Research
Sociologi.
Sociologisk forskning.
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  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Data, Generative Models, and Mechanisms: More on the Principles of Analytical Sociology / Gianluca Manzo
  • 1.1. Introduction
  • 1.2. Principles of Analytical Sociology
  • 1.3. Clarity (P1)
  • 1.4. Description (P2)
  • 1.5. Generative Models (P3)
  • 1.6. Structural Methodological Individualism (P4a)
  • 1.7. Logics of Action (P4b)
  • 1.8. Structural Interdependency (P4c)
  • 1.9. Agent-Based Modeling (P5)
  • 1.10. Back to Data (P6 and P7)
  • 1.11. Concluding Remarks
  • 1.12. How to Read this Book
  • References
  • Further Reading
  • pt. I ACTIONS
  • Foundational Issues
  • Editor's Introduction to Chapter 2
  • 2. Analytical Sociology and Rational-Choice Theory / Petri Ylikoski
  • 2.1. Rational-Choice Theory
  • 2.2. Sociological Rational-Choice Theory
  • 2.3. Analytical Sociology as a Meta-Theory
  • 2.4. Key Ideas of Analytical Sociology
  • 2.4.1. Mechanism-Based Explanation
  • 2.4.2. Realism
  • 2.4.3. Theories of Middle Range
  • 2.4.4. Theory of Action
  • 2.5. Puzzle
  • 2.6. Assumed Special Role of RCT
  • 2.7. Conclusion
  • References
  • Further Reading
  • Crime and Voting
  • Editor's Introduction to Chapter 3
  • 3. Why Crime Happens: A Situational Action Theory / Per-Olof H. Wikstrom
  • 3.1. Situational Action Theory
  • 3.2. Explaining Crime
  • 3.3. Situational Model
  • 3.4. Situational Process
  • 3.4.1. Motivation
  • 3.4.2. Perception of Action Alternatives: The Moral Filter
  • 3.4.3. Process of Choice: Habits and Deliberation
  • 3.4.4. Controls: Self-Control and Deterrence
  • 3.5. Social Model
  • 3.6. Integrating the Social and Situational Models
  • 3.7. Testing SAT
  • 3.7.1. Peterborough Adolescent and Young Adult Development Study
  • 3.7.2. Measuring Crime, Crime Propensity and Criminogenic Exposure
  • 3.7.3. Crime Involvement by Crime Propensity and Criminogenic Exposure
  • 3.7.4. Impact of Criminogenic Exposure on Crime for Groups with Different Levels of Crime Propensity
  • 3.8. Explaining Crime Concentrations (Hot Spots)
  • 3.9. Coda
  • References
  • Further Reading
  • Editor's Introduction to Chapter 4
  • 4. Frames, Scripts, and Variable Rationality: An Integrative Theory of Action / Clemens Kroneberg
  • 4.1. Introduction
  • 4.2. Model of Frame Selection (MFS)
  • 4.2.1. Frames, Scripts, and Actions
  • 4.2.2. Dual-processes: Spontaneous vs. Reflected Modes of Selection
  • 4.2.3. Determinants of Variable Rationality
  • 4.3. Hypotheses and Previous Applications
  • 4.4. Exemplary Application Using Survey Data: Explaining Voter Participation
  • 4.4.1. Theory
  • 4.4.2. Data and Measures
  • 4.4.3. Results
  • 4.5. Applying the MFS to Study Social Dynamics
  • 4.5.1. MFS and the Study of Social Movements and Collective Action
  • 4.5.2. Strategic Interaction with Variable Rationality and Framing
  • 4.6. Conclusion
  • References
  • Further Reading
  • Historical Violence
  • Editor's Introduction to Chapter 5
  • 5. Analytical Sociology and Quantitative Narrative Analysis: Explaining Lynchings in Georgia (1875
  • 1930) / Roberto Franzosi
  • 5.1. Strange Fruits on Southern Trees
  • 5.2. Analytical Sociology
  • 5.3. Quantitative Narrative Analysis (QNA)
  • 5.3.1. Step 1: Story Grammars
  • 5.3.2. Step 2: PC-ACE (Program for Computer-Assisted Coding of Events)
  • 5.3.3. Step 3: Data Analysis: Actor-Centered vs. Variable-Centered Tools of Analysis
  • 5.4. Of Sequences
  • 5.5. Of Time and Space
  • 5.6. Conclusions
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • Further Reading
  • Editor's Introduction to Chapter 6
  • 6. Identity and Opportunity in Early Modern Politics: How Job Vacancies Induced Witch Persecutions in Scotland, 1563
  • 1736 / Anna Mitschele
  • 6.1. Introduction
  • 6.2. Theories about Witches and Research on State Making
  • 6.3. Towards a Theory of Persecution
  • 6.3.1. Communities
  • 6.3.2. Elite Social Structure and Government
  • 6.4. Witch-Hunting in Scotland
  • 6.5. Findings
  • 6.5.1. Prosecution as Career Device I: Waves of Witch-Hunting and their Historical Correlates
  • 6.5.2. Prosecution as Career Device II: Witch-Hunters Become Justices of the Peace
  • 6.5.3. Competing Explanations I: The Godly State Ideology
  • 6.5.4. Competing Explanations II: Witches as Scapegoats for Disaster
  • 6.6. Discussion
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
  • Further Reading
  • Trust and Cooperation
  • Editor's Introduction to Chapter 7
  • 7. Mechanisms of Cooperation / Davide Barrera
  • 7.1. Introduction
  • 7.2. Cooperation Problems in Dyadic Settings
  • 7.2.1. Models of Trust Problem
  • 7.2.2. Cooperation Mechanisms in Embedded Settings
  • 7.2.3. Empirical Research on Trust in Embedded Settings
  • 7.2.4. Dyadic Embeddedness
  • 7.2.5. Network Embeddedness
  • 7.3. Cooperation Problems Involving More than Two Actors
  • 7.3.1. Reciprocity and Non-Standard Utility Models
  • 7.3.2. Empirical Evidence on Heterogeneous Preferences
  • 7.4. Discussion and Concluding Remarks
  • References
  • Further Reading
  • Editor's Introduction to Chapter 8
  • Baldassarri's Preface to Chapter 8
  • 8. Impact of Elections on Cooperation: Evidence from a Lab-in-the-Field Experiment in Uganda / Delia Baldassarri
  • 8.1. Theoretical Framework and Hypotheses
  • 8.2. Research Site, Sampling, and Experimental Design
  • 8.3. Research Site
  • 8.4. Sampling and Data Collection
  • 8.5. Experimental Design
  • 8.6. Experimental Findings
  • 8.7. Monitors' Sanctioning Behavior
  • 8.8. Discussion of the Experimental Part
  • 8.9. Observational Data
  • 8.10. Comparing Behavior in the Experiment and Real Life
  • 8.11. Conclusion
  • Supporting Information
  • Appendix 8.A
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • Further Reading
  • pt. II NETWORKS
  • Collective Action
  • Editor's Introduction to Chapter 9
  • 9. Social Networks and Agent-Based Modelling / Meredith Rolfe
  • 9.1. Social Network Properties
  • 9.1.1. Surveys of Personal Networks
  • 9.2. Network Construction Techniques
  • 9.2.1. Global Reference or Full Information
  • 9.2.2. Random Graph Local Networks
  • 9.2.3. Two-Dimensional Lattices or Grid-Based Networks
  • 9.2.4. One-Dimensional Lattice or Small-World Method
  • 9.2.5. Biased or Structured Random Networks
  • 9.3. Networks as Pipes: A Basic Demonstration
  • 9.3.1. Global Networks and Group Size
  • 9.3.2. Results with Network Construction Methods
  • 9.4. Discussion
  • References
  • Further Reading
  • Editor's Introduction to Chapter 10
  • 10. Online Networks and the Diffusion of Protest / Yamir Moreno
  • 10.1. Diffusion Dynamics
  • 10.1.1. Models of Diffusion
  • 10.1.2. Case Study
  • 10.2. Thresholds and Critical Mass
  • 10.3. Networks and Social Influence
  • 10.4. Conclusion: Digital Data and Analytical Sociology
  • References
  • Further Reading
  • Homophily and Status Hierarchies
  • Editor's Introduction to Chapter 11
  • 11. Liability to Rupture: Multiple Mechanisms and Subgroup Formation.
  • An Exploratory Theoretical Study / Peter Abell
  • 11.1. Introduction
  • 11.2. Formal Framework
  • 11.3. Balance Theory
  • 11.4. Homophily (H-theory)
  • 11.5. Baseline Structures
  • 11.6. Developing a Dynamic Mechanism for Balance Theory
  • 11.7. Developing a Dynamic Mechanism for H-theory
  • 11.8. Dynamic Interaction of Balance and H-theories
  • 11.9. Conclusions
  • Appendix 11.A Micro
  • Macro Inferences and Scale
  • References
  • Further Reading
  • Editor's Introduction to Chapter 12
  • 12. Network Size and Network Homophily: Same-Sex Friendships in 595 Scandinavian Schools / Thomas Grund
  • 12.1. Introduction
  • 12.2. Theoretical Considerations
  • 12.2.1. Biased Urn Model Without Replacement for Network Formation
  • 12.2.2. Role of Group Size for Homophily
  • 12.3. Empirical Application: Same-Sex Ties in School Classes
  • 12.3.1. Hypotheses
  • 12.3.2. Data and Method
  • 12.4. Results
  • 12.5. Conclusion
  • References
  • Further Reading
  • Editor's Introduction to Chapter 13
  • 13. Status and Participation in Online Task Groups: An Agent-Based Model / Simone Gabbriellini
  • 13.1. Introduction
  • 13.2. Previous Models
  • 13.3. E-state Structuralism: A Very Brief Review with an Add-On
  • 13.4. Case Study: Strategies and Discussions in Massively Multi-Player Online Games
  • 13.5. Analysis of the Model
  • 13.6. Empirical Test/Validation of the Model
  • 13.7. Conclusions
  • References
  • Further Reading
  • Labour Market Inequality
  • Editor's Introduction to Chapter 14
  • 14. Turbulent Careers: Social Networks, Employer Hiring Preferences, and Job Instability / Katherine Stovel
  • 14.1. Introduction
  • 14.2. Background
  • 14.2.1. Rise of Turbulence in Individual Employment Trajectories
  • 14.2.2. Inequality in Insecurity
  • 14.3. Networks
  • 14.3.1. Network Structure and Inequality in Information
  • 14.3.2. Our Approach
  • 14.4. Methods
  • 14.4.1. Simulation Environment
  • 14.4.2. Implementation
  • 14.4.3. Experimental Structure
  • 14.5. Results
  • 14.6. Summary and Conclusions
  • Technical Appendix 14.A Detailed Description of jobMatch Simulation Model
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • Further Reading
  • Editor's Introduction to Chapter 15
  • 15. Employer Networks, Priming, and Discrimination in Hiring: An Experiment / Marco Castellani
  • 15.1. Introduction
  • 15.2. Method
  • 15.2.1. Experimental Design
  • 15.2.2. Manipulations
  • 15.2.3. Subjects
  • 15.3. Results
  • 15.3.1. Index Values
  • 15.3.2. Hierarchical Models.
  • Note continued: 15.3.3. From Traditional Testing Toward Finding Indicators for Mechanisms
  • 15.4. Discussion
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • Further Reading
  • Organization Similarity
  • Editor's Introduction to Chapter 16
  • 16. Duality of Organizations and Audiences / Balazs Kovacs
  • 16.1. Introduction
  • 16.2. Similarity and the Duality of Organizations and their Audiences
  • 16.3. Organizational Similarity, Audiences, and Arguments for Extending Structural Equivalence
  • 16.4. Representation for Dual Similarity of Organizations and their Audiences
  • 16.5. Empirical Illustration: The Duality of Restaurants and their Reviewers
  • 16.6. Similarity as a Basis for Prediction: Validating the Model
  • 16.7. Discussion, Implications, and Limitations
  • 16.8. Connections to Analytical Sociology
  • References
  • Further Reading
  • Coda
  • Problem Shift in Sociology: Mechanisms, Generic Instruments, and Fractals / Gianluca Manzo.

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