Description
Summary: | Exploring analytical sociology as an approach for explaining important social facts such as network structures, patterns of residential segregation, typical beliefs, and cultural tastes, this text brings together some of the most prominent analytical sociologists. In four parts, the volume describes the foundations of analytical sociology; discusses the role of action and interaction in explaining diverse social processes such as emotions and beliefs; looks at the macroscopic social dynamics brought on by the activation of the cog-and-wheel mechanisms; and asks how analytic sociology relates to other fields and approaches such as game theory, analytic ethnography, and historical sociology.
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Item Description: | Previously issued in print: 2011. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (795 p.). |
Audience: | Specialized. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
ISBN: | 0191851736 9780191851735 1283222590 9781283222594 9786613222596 6613222593 0191550574 9780191550577 9780199215362 0199215367 |
Language: | English. |
Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on print version record. |