Advances in generative structuralism: Structured agency and multilevel dynamics

Journal of Mathematical Sociology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-65

  Fararo, Thomas J ^a   Butts, Carter T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency structure problem; Cultural stratification; Expectation states theory; Generative models; Habitus; Metatheory; Micro macro linkage; Multilevel dynamics; Production systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034355164     PISSN: 0022250X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0022250x.1999.9990228     Document Type: Article

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