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Social Mechanisms: An Analytical Approach to Social Theory (Studies in Rationality and Social Change)
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PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN / ASIN0521596874
ISBN-139780521596879
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Sales Rank776,391
CategoryPolitical Science
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Description
The mechanism approach calls attention to an intermediary level of analysis, in between pure description and story-telling, on the one hand, and grand theorizing and universal social laws, on the other. These essays, written by prominent social scientists, advance criticisms of current trends in social theory and suggest alternative approaches. For social theory to be of use for the working social scientist, it must attain a high level of precision and provide a toolbox from which middle range theories can be constructed.










