What is analytical sociology all about? an introductory essay

The Oxford Handbook of Analytical Sociology

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 3-24

  Hedström, Peter ^a,c   Bearman, Peter ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical sociology; Beliefs; Mechanism; Mechanism based explanation; Residential segregation; Social facts; Social world; Structural individualism

Indexed keywords

EID: 85061142702     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199215362.013.1     Document Type: Chapter

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