Explorations in Structural Analysis (RLE Social Theory) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Explorations in Structural Analysis (RLE Social Theory) write by Ronald L. Breiger. This book was released on 2014-08-21. Explorations in Structural Analysis (RLE Social Theory) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. At a time when most of the innovative techniques in empirical sociology concern themselves with networks of relations among variables (such as indices of occupational prestige, education and income), the central theme of this volume is that there is much substantive insight and analytical leverage to be gained from a conceptualization of social structure directly, as regularities in the patterning of relations among concrete entities. The view adopted here is that variate distributions measure selected consequences of structural pattern (of the actual connections among individuals or organizations) and, as such, they are useful indicators of questions to be asked in analyzing social structures directly, but they are neither descriptions nor analyses of the structure itself.
Explorations in Structural Analysis (RLE Social Theory)
Explorations in Structural Analysis (RLE Social Theory) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Explorations in Structural Analysis (RLE Social Theory) write by Ronald Breiger. This book was released on 2014-08-21. Explorations in Structural Analysis (RLE Social Theory) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. At a time when most of the innovative techniques in empirical sociology concern themselves with networks of relations among variables (such as indices of occupational prestige, education and income), the central theme of this volume is that there is much substantive insight and analytical leverage to be gained from a conceptualization of social structure directly, as regularities in the patterning of relations among concrete entities. The view adopted here is that variate distributions measure selected consequences of structural pattern (of the actual connections among individuals or organizations) and, as such, they are useful indicators of questions to be asked in analyzing social structures directly, but they are neither descriptions nor analyses of the structure itself.
Structure, Interaction and Social Theory (RLE Social Theory)
Structure, Interaction and Social Theory (RLE Social Theory) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Structure, Interaction and Social Theory (RLE Social Theory) write by Derek Layder. This book was released on 2014-08-21. Structure, Interaction and Social Theory (RLE Social Theory) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A central problem in contemporary social theory is that of providing an account of social interaction that does justice both to the self-monitoring capacities of the individuals involved and to the society that ‘frames’ the interaction. This book attempts to resolve this problem, arguing for an objectivist or ‘structuralist’ account which does not undervalue the importance of the indexical and negotiated aspects of interaction, and which takes seriously the Marxist-rationalist critique of empiricism and humanism and the associated idea that society should be treated as a supra-individual, preconstituted and constraining object of scientific analysis. First, Dr Layder pinpoints certain of the strengths and weaknesses of various schools of thought: social psychology (scrutinized in both its sociological and psychological forms), sociology, the Marxist-rationalist approach. Whilst rejecting the mechanistic or naively deterministic theories which are often associated with an objectivist stance, he argues that the productive activities of situated actors must be understood as existing in an articulated relationship with, and within, sets of preconstituted contextual constraints. This thesis is illustrated conceptually by the development of a framework which distinguishes two types and levels of social structure, with different modes of production and reproduction, and empirically by an analysis of aspects of interaction in the occupation of acting.
Agency and Structure
Agency and Structure - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Agency and Structure write by Piotr Sztompka. This book was released on 2014-08-21. Agency and Structure available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A striking feature of the human condition is its dual, contradictory, inherently split character; on the one hand, autonomy and freedom; on the other, constraint and dependence on social structure. This volume addresses this central problem of the linkage between human action and social structure in sociological and social science theory. Contributions cover several different approaches to the agency-structure problematic, and represent the work of a number of leading international sociologists. Their efforts point to a reorientation of social theory, both on philosophical and methodological levels.
Complex Networks & Their Applications XII
Complex Networks & Their Applications XII - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Complex Networks & Their Applications XII write by Hocine Cherifi. This book was released on . Complex Networks & Their Applications XII available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
