Analytical sociology and its critics

Archives Europeennes de Sociologie

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 129-170

  Manzo, Gianluca ^a  

^a Paris Sorbonne University   (France)

Author keywords

Agent based models; Analytical sociology; DBO theory; Mechanisms

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; RESEARCH PROGRAM;

EID: 77957551196     PISSN: 00039756     EISSN: 14740583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003975610000056     Document Type: Article

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