Micro-Macro Links and Microfoundations in Sociology Paperback / softback
Edited by Vincent (Utrecht University, The Netherlands) Buskens, Werner (Utrecht University, The Netherlands) Raub, Marcel (Tilburg University, The Netherlands) Van Assen
Paperback / softback
Description
Micro-Macro Links and Microfoundations in Sociology focuses on two main issues in sociology.
Firstly, how macro-conditions can explain macro-outcomes mediated by actor behaviour at the micro-level (micro-macro links).
Secondly, how alternative micro-models affect macro-outcomes (microfoundations).
The contributions reflect key features of micro-macro modelling in sociology as well as recent progress in this field.
The chapters address core features of explanations of social phenomena using micro-macro models, the problem of cooperation, heterogeneity of actors, structural balance, opinion formation, segregation, and problems of micro-macro models that are based on rational choice assumptions.
Moreover, the contributions show how different research methods can be applied fruitfully, such as laboratory experiments, equilibrium analysis, and agent-based modelling.
As a result, the book can be a guide for graduate students who want to develop their skills in building micro-macro models.
In addition, the book provides specialists of the different substantive research areas with up-to-date new developments in their research area. This book was originally published as a special issue of Journal of Mathematical Sociology.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:247 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:12/09/2014
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- ISBN:9781138818279
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:247 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:12/09/2014
- Category:
- ISBN:9781138818279
