Analytical Sociology and Social Mechanisms

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Cambridge University Press (2011)
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Discusses the importance and development of analytical sociology, emphasizing the centrality of mechanisms in explaining social life.

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12 Social mechanisms and generative explanations: computational models with double agents.Arnout van de Rijt Flache & Robb Willer
Social mechanisms and generative explanations: computational models with double agent.Michael W. Macy, Damon Centola, Andreas Flache, Arnout Van De Rijt & Robb Willer
Ordinary rationality: the core of analytical sociology.  (pages 33--49)Raymond Boudon
Indeterminacy of emotional mechanisms.  (pages 50)Jon Elster
A naturalistic ontology for mechanistic explanations in the social sciences.  (pages 64--77)Dan Sperber
4 Conversation as mechanism: emergence in creative groups.  (pages 78)Keith Sawyer
5 Generative process model building.  (pages 99)Thomas J. Fararo
7 The logic of mechanistic explanations in the social sciences.  (pages 136)Michael Schmid
Social mechanisms and explanatory relevance.  (pages 154)Petri Ylikoski
10 Youth unemployment: a self-reinforcing process?  (pages 201)Yvonne Åberg & Peter Hedström
11 Neighborhood effects, causal mechanisms and the social structure of the city.  (pages 227)Robert J. Sampson
13 Relative deprivation in silico: agent-based models and causality in analytical sociology.  (pages 266)Gianluca Manzo

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