Frontiers of sociology /

Frontiers of sociology / / edited by Peter Hedstrom, Bjorn Wittrock.

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The 37th World Congress of the IIS focused on theory and research at the forefront of sociology and the relationship between sociology and its neighbouring disciplines. This volume constitutes a sustained effort by prominent sociologists and other social scientists to assess the current standing of...

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Superior document:Annals of the International Institute of Sociology, v. 11
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Institut international de sociologie. World Congress
TeilnehmendeR:
Hedstrom, Peter.
Wittrock, Bjorn.
Institut international de sociologie. World Congress
Year of Publication:2009
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Annals of the International Institute of Sociology ; new ser., v. 11.
Physical Description:1 online resource (456 p.)
Notes:"A little more than half of the chapters of this book draw on texts that were originally presented at the 37th World Congress"--P. 2.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Materials / Peter Hedström and B. Wittrock
  • Introduction: Frontiers Of Sociology / Peter Hedström and Björn Wittrock
  • The Emergence Of Universalism: An Affirmative Genealogy / Hans Joas
  • The Social Sciences And The Two Relativisms / Raymond Boudon
  • The Return To Values In Recentsociological Theory / Piotr Sztompka
  • Sociology And Political Science: Learning And Challenges / Jack A. Goldstone
  • Toward A New Comprehensive Social Science / Dietrich Rueschemeyer
  • History And Sociology: Transmutations Of Historical Reasoning In The Social Sciences / Björn Wittrock
  • Axial Visions And Axial Civilizations: The Transformations Of World Histories Between Evolutionary Tendencies And Institutional Formations / S. N. Eisenstadt
  • Social “Mechanisms” And Comparative-Historical Sociology: A Critical Realist Proposal / Philip Gorski
  • Sociology And The Economic Sciences / Neil J. Smelser
  • Formal Theory In The Social Sciences / Richard Breen
  • Bourdieu’s Contribution To Economic Sociology / Richard Swedberg
  • Modernity As Experience And As Interpretation: Towards Something Like A Cultural Turn In The Sociology Of “Modern Society” / Peter Wagner
  • Geocultural Scenarios / Ulf Hannerz
  • The Social Stance And Its Relation To Intersubjectivity / Peter Gärdenfors
  • Shared Beliefs About The Past: A Cognitive Sociology Of Intersubjective Memory / Jens Rydgren
  • The Analytical Turn In Sociology / Peter Hedström
  • We Always Know More Than We Can Say: Mathematical Sociologists On Mathematical Sociology / Christofer Edling
  • Statistical Models And Mechanisms Of Social Processes / Aage B. Sørensen
  • Causal Inference And Statistical Models In Modern Social Sciences / Hans-Peter Blossfeld
  • Notes On Contributors / Peter Hedström and B. Wittrock
  • Author Index / Peter Hedström and B. Wittrock.

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