Analytical sociology is a middle-range approach to sociological theorizing which seeks to develop precise and realistic action-based explanations of various social phenomena. At the heart of the analytical approach is the idea that acceptable explanations must detail the mechanisms through which the phenomena to be explained were brought about. In this article I discuss the most important elements of this approach and I try to illustrate the various components involved in an explanation of social change. The analytical approach adopted here seeks to closely integrate mechanism-based theories of action and interaction, and agent-based computational modelling. The article is organized in the following way: first I present the guiding ideas be...
'The term (social) mechanism can be found frequently in recent social science literature, but only f...
A natural or social phenomenon is explained when one presents its description (what?), finds the law...
Social mechanisms and mechanism-based explanation have attracted considerable attention in the socia...
Analytical sociology is a middle-range approach to sociological theorizing which seeks to develop pr...
Mechanisms are very much a part of social life. For example, we can see that inequality has tended t...
"Mechanisms are very much a part of social life. For example, we can see that inequality has tended ...
Although Sociology was born with scientific vocation, its current status asa scientific discipline s...
The aim of this article is to defend the thesis that agent-based models (ABMs) permit us to successf...
This article presents the main features and objectives of the so-called «social mechanisms based exp...
The past two decades have witnessed an increase in interest in social mechanisms and mechanistic exp...
Sociology has long lived in a stigmatized and pre-paradigmatic state that is highly counterproductiv...
The social mechanism program has been successful in sociology and neighboring social science discipl...
Although Sociology was born with scientific vocation, its current status asa scientific discipline s...
The paper is a contribution to a forthcoming special issue of the Journal Philosophy of the Social S...
This work puts into close relationship the approach of Analytical Sociology, characterised by a sear...
'The term (social) mechanism can be found frequently in recent social science literature, but only f...
A natural or social phenomenon is explained when one presents its description (what?), finds the law...
Social mechanisms and mechanism-based explanation have attracted considerable attention in the socia...
Analytical sociology is a middle-range approach to sociological theorizing which seeks to develop pr...
Mechanisms are very much a part of social life. For example, we can see that inequality has tended t...
"Mechanisms are very much a part of social life. For example, we can see that inequality has tended ...
Although Sociology was born with scientific vocation, its current status asa scientific discipline s...
The aim of this article is to defend the thesis that agent-based models (ABMs) permit us to successf...
This article presents the main features and objectives of the so-called «social mechanisms based exp...
The past two decades have witnessed an increase in interest in social mechanisms and mechanistic exp...
Sociology has long lived in a stigmatized and pre-paradigmatic state that is highly counterproductiv...
The social mechanism program has been successful in sociology and neighboring social science discipl...
Although Sociology was born with scientific vocation, its current status asa scientific discipline s...
The paper is a contribution to a forthcoming special issue of the Journal Philosophy of the Social S...
This work puts into close relationship the approach of Analytical Sociology, characterised by a sear...
'The term (social) mechanism can be found frequently in recent social science literature, but only f...
A natural or social phenomenon is explained when one presents its description (what?), finds the law...
Social mechanisms and mechanism-based explanation have attracted considerable attention in the socia...