LEADER 03465nam 2200505 450 001 9910557207203321 005 20220903213949.0 010 $a1-78990-685-7 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6827847 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6827847 035 $a(CKB)20151378300041 035 $a(OCoLC)1289366929 035 $a(UtOrBLW)eep9781789906851 035 $a(EXLCZ)9920151378300041 100 $a20220903d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aResearch handbook on analytical sociology /$fedited by Gianluca Manzo 210 1$aCheltenham, UK ;$aNorthampton, MA :$cEdward Elgar Publishing Limited The Lypiatts,$d[2021] 210 4$dİ 2021 215 $a1 online resource (528 pages) 225 0 $aResearch handbooks in sociology 311 08$aPrint version: Manzo, Gianluca Research Handbook on Analytical Sociology Cheltenham, Gloucestershire : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited,c2021 9781789906844 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFront 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. 330 $aProviding an up-to-date portrait of the concepts and methods of analytical sociology, this pivotal Research Handbook traces the historical evolution of the field, utilising key research examples to illustrate its core principles. It investigates how analytical sociology engages with other approaches such as analytical philosophy, structural individualism, social stratification research, complexity science, pragmatism, and critical realism, exploring the foundations of the field as well as its major explanatory mechanisms and methods. 410 0$aResearch Handbooks in Sociology Ser. 606 $aSociology$xResearch 606 $aSociology 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSociology$xResearch. 615 0$aSociology. 676 $a301 702 $aManzo$b Gianluca 712 02$aEdward Elgar Publishing, 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910557207203321 996 $aResearch handbook on analytical sociology$92911901 997 $aUNINA