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  • New Directions in Contemporary Sociological Theory

    by Peter M. Blau, Thomas J. Fararo, Douglas D. Heckathorn, David R. Heise, Ronald L. Jepperson, Michael Lovaglia, Barry Markovsky, Morris Zelditch, Gerald Marwell, Bruce Buena de Mesquita, James D. Morrow, Pamela E. Oliver, Brent Simpson, Randolph Siverson, John Skvoretz, Alastair Smith, David G. Wagner, Henry Walker, David Willer, Robb Willer, Shane Thye, Jack A. Goldstone, Guillermina Jasso, John D. McCarthy, Immanuel Wallerstein, Mayer N. Zald ...
    Written by eminent sociologists, this book introduces and assesses some of the most influential, recent sociological theories. Each chapter explains the theory and describes a related program of empirical research. Chapters are authored by the actual founders (and/or leading exponents) of these theoretical programs; many chapters contain a description of the inception, growth, and present status ... Read more

    $51.09 USD

  • The Problem of Solidarity

    Theories and Models

    Edited by Patrick Doreian, Thomas J. Fararo ...
    Presently the world is undergoing tremendous social, cultural and economic transformation. For sociologists, the challenge is arriving at a sound mapping of this tumultuous world stage. In this book, the contributing authors consider solidarity as a cognitive problem of basic science. They examine how solidarity is produced and reproduced, how it is related to social processes, and how such ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Generating Images of Stratification

    A Formal Theory

    by Thomas J. Fararo, Kenji Kosaka ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Generating Images of Stratification is a self-contained presentation of a theoretical research program that deals with a significant explanatory problem relating to social inequality and that constructs generative theoretical models in doing so. In more detail:-Self-contained presentation - In respect to the background sociological facts and theoretical ideas and also the formal methods the book ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

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  • Laboratory Life

    The Construction of Scientific Facts

    by Bruno Latour, Steve Woolgar ...
    This highly original work presents laboratory science in a deliberately skeptical way: as an anthropological approach to the culture of the scientist. Drawing on recent work in literary criticism, the authors study how the social world of the laboratory produces papers and other "texts,"' and how the scientific vision of reality becomes that set of statements considered, for the time being, too ... Read more

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  • Emerging Approaches to Educational Research

    Tracing the Socio-Material

    by Tara Fenwick, Richard Edwards, Peter Sawchuk ...
    The last fifteen years have seen much conceptual and methodological innovation in research on education and learning across the lifecourse, bringing both fresh insights and new dilemmas. This innovation was initially fuelled by the growing influence of conceptual framings often named as either post-structural or postmodern. The works of Foucault, Derrida and Lyotard have variously found their way ... Read more

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  • Artificial Societies

    The Computer Simulation Of Social Life

    Edited by Nigel Gilbert, Rosaria Conte ...
    An exploration of the implications of developments in artificial intelligence for social scientific research, which builds on the theoretical and methodological insights provided by "Simulating societies".; This book is intended for worldwide library market for social science subjects such as sociology, political science, geography, archaeology/anthropology, and significant appeal within computer ... Read more

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  • Social Networks

    An Introduction

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    Social Networks: An Introduction is the first textbook that combines new with still-valuable older methods and theories.Designed to be a core text for graduate (and some undergraduate) courses in a variety of disciplines it is well-suited for everybody who makes a first encounter with the field of social networks, both academics and practitioners.This book includes reviews, study questions and ... Read more

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  • The Tyranny of the Ideal

    Justice in a Diverse Society

    by Gerald Gaus ...
    In his provocative new book, The Tyranny of the Ideal, Gerald Gaus lays out a vision for how we should theorize about justice in a diverse society. Gaus shows how free and equal people, faced with intractable struggles and irreconcilable conflicts, might share a common moral life shaped by a just framework. He argues that if we are to take diversity seriously and if moral inquiry is sincere about ... Read more

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    Most of the intriguing social phenomena of our time, such as international terrorism, social inequality, and urban ethnic segregation, are consequences of complex forms of agent interaction that are difficult to observe methodically and experimentally. This book looks at a new research stream that makes use of advanced computer simulation modelling techniques to spotlight agent interaction that ... Read more

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  • Theories of Political Protest and Social Movements

    A Multidisciplinary Introduction, Critique, and Synthesis

    by Karl-Dieter Opp ...
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  • Understanding Institutions

    The Science and Philosophy of Living Together

    by Francesco Guala ...
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