Readership: Scholars and students of sociology and social sciences.
Edited by Peter Hedström, Official Fellow, Nuffield College, Oxford, and Peter Bearman, Cole Professor of Social Science, Columbia University
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"A fundamental reformulation of sociology, with profound implications across the social sciences." - Joshua M. Epstein, The Brookings Institution, author of Generative Social Science
"Social science has taken a noticeable turn, with new energy infusing the study of social mechanisms and causal processes that unite the classic micro-macro divide. The Oxford Handbook of Analytical Sociology, edited by Peter Hedström and Peter Bearman, is an impressive effort to guide the research agendas sure to follow. The volume is a comprehensive intellectual treat and an indispensible tool for sociologists seeking to master the analytic turn." - Professor Robert J. Sampson, Harvard University
"This formidable volume puts on display an impressive array of leading scholars, each grappling with key substantive and methodological topics in contemporary sociology. The chapters provide both a masterful summary of existing research and a valuable roadmap for future investigation. Professor Donald Green, Yale University"
Foundations 1: Peter Hedström and Peter Bearman: What is analytical sociology all about? An introductory essay by Peter Hedström 2: Peter Hedström and Lars Udéhn: Analytical sociology and theories of the middle range Social Cogs and Wheels 3: Jon Elster: Emotions 4: Jens Rydgren: Beliefs 5: Jeremy Freese: Preferences 6: Trond Petersen: Opportunities 7: Dan Goldstein: Heuristics 8: Diego Gambetta: Signaling 9: Jon Elster: Norms 10: Karen Cook and Alexandra Gerbasi: Trust Social Dynamics 11: Michael Macy and Andreas Flache: Social dynamics from the bottom up: Agent-based models of social interaction 12: Elizabeth Bruch and Robert Mare: Segregation dynamics 13: Michael Biggs: Self fulfilling processes 14: Matthew Salganik and Duncan Watts: Social influence: The puzzling nature of success in cultural markets 15: Yvonne Åberg: The Contagiousness of Divorce 16: Katherine Stovel and Christine Fountain: Matching 17: Delia Baldassarri: Collective action 18: Meredith Rolfe: Conditional choice 19: James Moody: Network dynamics 20: Duncan Watts and Peter Dodds: Threshold models of social influence 21: Christopher Winship: Time and scheduling 22: Scott Feld and Bernard Grofman: Homophily and the focused organization of ties 23: Joel Podolny and Freda Lynn: Status 24: Ivan Chase and W. Brent Lindquist: Dominance hierarchies 25: Stathis Kalyvas: Conflict Perspectives from other fields and approaches 26: Richard Breen: Game theory 27: Iris Bohnet: Experiments 28: Hannah Brueckner: Surveys 29: Diane Vaughan: Analytical ethnography 30: Karen Barkey: Historical sociology