{"product_id":"analytical-sociology-9781119940388","title":"Analytical Sociology","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book illustrates how analytical sociology is progressively refining its theoretical framework and how powerful this framework is in explaining a large array of social phenomena.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface and Acknowledgments xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Editor xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Contributors xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEditor's Introduction to Chapter 1 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Data, Generative Models, and Mechanisms: More on the Principles of Analytical Sociology 4\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGianluca Manzo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 Introduction 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 The Principles of Analytical Sociology 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 Clarity (P1) 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4 Description (P2) 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5 Generative Models (P3) 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.6 Structural Methodological Individualism (P4a) 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.7 Logics of Action (P4b) 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.8 Structural Interdependency (P4c) 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.9 Agent-Based Modeling (P5) 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.10 Back to Data (P6 and P7) 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.11 Concluding Remarks 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.12 How to Read this Book 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I ACTIONS 53\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFoundational Issues 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEditor's Introduction to Chapter 2 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Analytical Sociology and Rational-Choice Theory 57\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeter Hedström and Petri Ylikoski\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 Rational-Choice Theory 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Sociological Rational-Choice Theory 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Analytical Sociology as a Meta-Theory 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 The Key Ideas of Analytical Sociology 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4.1 Mechanism-Based Explanation 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4.2 Realism 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4.3 Theories of Middle Range 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4.4 Theory of Action 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5 The Puzzle 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.6 The Assumed Special Role of RCT 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.7 Conclusion 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Why Crime Happens: A Situational Action Theory 74\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePer-Olof H. Wikström\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Situational Action Theory 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 Explaining Crime 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 The Situational Model 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 The Situational Process 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4.1 Motivation 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4.2 Perception of Action Alternatives: The Moral Filter 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4.3 The Process of Choice: Habits and Deliberation 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4.4 Controls: Self-Control and Deterrence 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5 The Social Model 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6 Integrating the Social and Situational Models 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.7 Testing SAT 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.7.1 The Peterborough Adolescent and Young Adult Development Study 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.7.2 Measuring Crime, Crime Propensity and Criminogenic Exposure 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.7.3 Crime Involvement by Crime Propensity and Criminogenic Exposure 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.7.4 The Impact of Criminogenic Exposure on Crime for Groups with Different Levels of Crime Propensity 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.8 Explaining Crime Concentrations (Hot Spots) 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.9 Coda 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Frames, Scripts, and Variable Rationality: An Integrative Theory of Action 97\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eClemens Kroneberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Introduction 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 The Model of Frame Selection (MFS) 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2.1 Frames, Scripts, and Actions 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2.2 Dual-processes: Spontaneous vs. Reflected Modes of Selection 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2.3 The Determinants of Variable Rationality 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 Hypotheses and Previous Applications 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 An Exemplary Application Using Survey Data: Explaining Voter Participation 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4.1 Theory 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4.2 Data and Measures 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4.3 Results 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5 Applying the MFS to Study Social Dynamics 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5.1 The MFS and the Study of Social Movements and Collective Action 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5.2 Strategic Interaction with Variable Rationality and Framing 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.6 Conclusion 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Analytical Sociology and Quantitative Narrative Analysis: Explaining Lynchings in Georgia (1875–1930) 127\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRoberto Franzosi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 Strange Fruits on Southern Trees 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 Analytical Sociology 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 Quantitative Narrative Analysis (QNA) 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3.1 Step 1: Story Grammars 130\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3.2 Step 2: PC-ACE (Program for Computer-Assisted Coding of Events) 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3.3 Step 3: Data Analysis: Actor-Centered vs. Variable-Centered Tools of Analysis 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 Of Sequences 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5 Of Time and Space 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.6 Conclusions 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Identity and Opportunity in Early Modern Politics: How Job Vacancies Induced Witch Persecutions in Scotland, 1563–1736 151\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAnna Mitschele\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 Introduction 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 Theories about Witches and Research on State Making 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 Towards a Theory of Persecution 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3.1 Communities 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3.2 Elite Social Structure and Government 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4 Witch-Hunting in Scotland 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.5 Findings 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.5.1 Prosecution as Career Device I: Waves of Witch-Hunting and their Historical Correlates 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.5.2 Prosecution as Career Device II: Witch-Hunters Become Justices of the Peace 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.5.3 Competing Explanations I: The Godly State Ideology 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.5.4 Competing Explanations II: Witches as Scapegoats for Disaster 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.6 Discussion 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Mechanisms of Cooperation 172\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavide Barrera\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 Introduction 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 Cooperation Problems in Dyadic Settings 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2.1 Models of Trust Problem 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2.2 Cooperation Mechanisms in Embedded Settings 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2.3 Empirical Research on Trust in Embedded Settings 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2.4 Dyadic Embeddedness 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2.5 Network Embeddedness 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 Cooperation Problems Involving More than Two Actors 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3.1 Reciprocity and Non-Standard Utility Models 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3.2 Empirical Evidence on Heterogeneous Preferences 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4 Discussion and Concluding Remarks 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 The Impact of Elections on Cooperation: Evidence from a Lab-in-the-Field Experiment in Uganda 201\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGuy Grossman and Delia Baldassarri\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 Theoretical Framework and Hypotheses 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 Research Site, Sampling, and Experimental Design 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 Research Site 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4 Sampling and Data Collection 208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5 Experimental Design 208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.6 Experimental Findings 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.7 Monitors’ Sanctioning Behavior 214\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.8 Discussion of the Experimental Part 216\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.9 Observational Data 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.10 Comparing Behavior in the Experiment and Real Life 219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.11 Conclusion 221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II NETWORKS 233\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCollective Action 234\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEditor's Introduction to Chapter 9 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Social Networks and Agent-Based Modelling 237\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMeredith Rolfe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1 Social Network Properties 238\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1.1 Surveys of Personal Networks 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2 Network Construction Techniques 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2.1 Global Reference or Full Information 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2.2 Random Graph Local Networks 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2.3 Two-Dimensional Lattices or Grid-Based Networks 244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2.4 One-Dimensional Lattice or Small-World Method 245\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2.5 Biased or Structured Random Networks 245\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3 Networks as Pipes: A Basic Demonstration 246\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3.1 Global Networks and Group Size 248\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3.2 Results with Network Construction Methods 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4 Discussion 256\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Online Networks and the Diffusion of Protest 263\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSandra Gonzalez-Bailón, Javier Borge-Holthoefer, and Yamir Moreno\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1 Diffusion Dynamics 264\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1.1 Models of Diffusion 264\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1.2 Case Study 266\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2 Thresholds and Critical Mass 268\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3 Networks and Social Influence 271\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4 Conclusion: Digital Data and Analytical Sociology 275\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Liability to Rupture: Multiple Mechanisms and Subgroup Formation. An Exploratory Theoretical Study 282\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeter Abell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.1 Introduction 282\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2 A Formal Framework 283\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3 Balance Theory 284\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.4 Homophily (H-theory) 287\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.5 Baseline Structures 288\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.6 Developing a Dynamic Mechanism for Balance Theory 289\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.7 Developing a Dynamic Mechanism for H-theory 291\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.8 The Dynamic Interaction of Balance and H-theories 293\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.9 Conclusions 294\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Network Size and Network Homophily: Same-Sex Friendships in 595 Scandinavian Schools 299\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThomas Grund\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.1 Introduction 299\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2 Theoretical Considerations 301\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2.1 Biased Urn Model Without Replacement for Network Formation 301\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2.2 Role of Group Size for Homophily 305\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3 Empirical Application: Same-Sex Ties in School Classes 308\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3.1 Hypotheses 308\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3.2 Data and Method 309\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.4 Results 310\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.5 Conclusion 312\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 Status and Participation in Online Task Groups: An Agent-Based Model 317\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSimone Gabbriellini\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.1 Introduction 317\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.2 Previous Models 319\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.3 E-state Structuralism: A Very Brief Review with an Add-On 321\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.4 Case Study: Strategies and Discussions in Massively Multi-Player Online Games 324\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.5 Analysis of the Model 326\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.6 Empirical Test\/Validation of the Model 331\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.7 Conclusions 336\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14 Turbulent Careers: Social Networks, Employer Hiring Preferences, and Job Instability 342\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChristine Fountain and Katherine Stovel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.1 Introduction 342\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.2 Background 343\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.2.1 The Rise of Turbulence in Individual Employment Trajectories 343\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.2.2 Inequality in Insecurity 344\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.3 Networks 346\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.3.1 Network Structure and Inequality in Information 346\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.3.2 Our Approach 348\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.4 Methods 349\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.4.1 The Simulation Environment 349\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.4.2 Implementation 350\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.4.3 Experimental Structure 353\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.5 Results 355\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.6 Summary and Conclusions 362\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e15 Employer Networks, Priming, and Discrimination in Hiring: An Experiment 373\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKaroly Takacs, Flaminio Squazzoni, Giangiacomo Bravo, and Marco Castellani\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.1 Introduction 373\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.2 Method 376\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.2.1 Experimental Design 376\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.2.2 Manipulations 378\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.2.3 Subjects 378\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.3 Results 379\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.3.1 Index Values 379\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.3.2 Hierarchical Models 382\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.3.3 From Traditional Testing Toward Finding Indicators for Mechanisms 385\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.4 Discussion 391\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e16 The Duality of Organizations and Audiences 400\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBalazs Kovacs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.1 Introduction 400\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.2 Similarity and the Duality of Organizations and their Audiences 401\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.3 Organizational Similarity, Audiences, and Arguments for Extending Structural Equivalence 403\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.4 A Representation for Dual Similarity of Organizations and their Audiences 406\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.5 Empirical Illustration: The Duality of Restaurants and their Reviewers 407\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.6 Similarity as a Basis for Prediction: Validating the Model 408\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.7 Discussion, Implications, and Limitations 412\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.8 Connections to Analytical Sociology 415\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 415\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 418\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCoda 419\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eProblem Shift in Sociology: Mechanisms, Generic Instruments, and Fractals 420\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGianluca Manzo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 427\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49528867062103,"sku":"9781119940388","price":79.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781119940388.jpg?v=1731873337","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/analytical-sociology-9781119940388","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}