Social mechanisms :  an analytical approach to social theory 

 - Cambridge :  Cambridge University Press,  1998 
 - 340 p. 
 - Studies in Rationality and Social Change .
<br/><br/> Social mechanisms: an introductory essay - Peter Hedstrom and Richard Swedberg  Social mechanisms and social dynamics - Thomas C. Schelling  A plea for mechanisms - Jon Elster  Real virtuality - Gudmund Hernes  Concatenations of mechanisms - Diego Gambetta  Do economists use social mechanisms to explain? - Tyler Cowen  Social mechanisms of dissonance reduction - Timur Kuran  Social mechanisms without black boxes - Raymond Boudon  Is sociological theory too grand for social mechanisms? - Axel van den Berg  Theoretical mechanisms and the empirical stydy of social processes - Aage B. Sorensen  Monopolistic competition as a mechanism: corporations, universities, and nation-states in competitive fields - Arthur L. Stinchcombe  Rational imitation - Peter Hedstrom 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Ciencias Sociais<br/>Teoria Social<br/> Método de Pesquisa<br/>Metodos<br/>Metodologia<br/>Analise Social<br/>Atividade Social<br/>Contexto Social<br/>Problema Social