The Oxford handbook of analytical sociology 9780199215362, 9780199587452, 9780191851735, 0191851736
Exploring analytical sociology as an approach for explaining important social facts such as network structures, patterns
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English Pages xxi, 772 pages) : illustrations (black and white Year 2017;2011
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.
