Research handbook on analytical sociology / / edited by Gianluca Manzo

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910557207203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cheltenham, UK ; ; Northampton, MA : , : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited The Lypiatts, , [2021]; © 2021
• ISBN: 1-78990-685-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (528 pages)
• Collana: Research handbooks in sociology
• Disciplina: 301
• Soggetti: Sociology - Research; Sociology; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Does analytical sociology practice what it preaches? An assessment of analytical sociology through the Merton award -- PART 1 THEORETICAL CONVERSATIONS -- 1. Understanding the Coleman boat -- 2. Analytical sociology, analytic philosophy and analytical Marxism -- 3. Analytical sociology and its lesser-known antecedents: structural individualism in European sociology -- 4. Analytical sociology and complexity research -- 5. Analytical sociology and social stratification research -- 6. Analytical sociology and critical realism -- 7. Analytical sociology and cultural sociology -- 8. Analytical sociology and pragmatism -- PART 2 PIVOTAL CONCEPTS AND MECHANISMS -- 9. Action -- 10. Interactions -- 11. Structure -- 12. Norms -- 13. Coupled contexts -- 14. Contingency and randomness: a modal approach -- 15. Cumulative advantage -- 16. Network amplification -- 17. Complex contagions -- PART 3 PIVOTAL METHODS -- 18. Archival data -- 19. Digital data and methods -- 20. Advances in mediation analysis -- 21. Experiments -- 22. Game-theoretic models -- 23. Network mechanisms and network models -- 24. Agent-based computational models -- 25. The many model approach -- Coda - The past and future of analytical sociology -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Providing an up-to-date portrait of the concepts and methods of analytical sociology, this pivotal Research Handbook traces the historical evolution of the field, utilising key research examples to illustrate its core principles. It investigates how analytical sociology engages with other approaches such as analytical philosophy, structural individualism, social stratification research, complexity science, pragmatism, and critical realism, exploring the foundations of the field as well as its major explanatory mechanisms and methods.