Generating Images of Stratification [electronic resource] : A Formal Theory /
Generating Images of Stratification is a self-contained presentation of a theoretical research program that deals with a significant explanatory problem relating to social inequality and that constructs generative theoretical models in doing so. In more detail: -Self-contained presentation - In respect to the background sociological facts and theoretical ideas and also the formal methods the book provides clear and simple accounts accompanied by examples. - A theoretical research program - The emphasis is on theory development, involving a series of theoretical models constructed within a core framework of principles and methods. - Deals with a significant explanatory problem relating to social inequality - We know from research that how people perceive the stratification system of a society depends upon their position in that system. So the problem is: What process generates this regularity and thereby explains empirical generalizations about the social structuration of images? - Constructs generative theoretical models - The book is an extended presentation of "generative theory" in sociology, a formal method of producing effective theoretical explanations. Generating Images of Stratification is of interest to mathematical sociologists and formal theorists in sociology; sociologists interested in social stratification; methodologists, both in sociology and in other fields; philosophers of social science; and theoretical scientists and mathematicians who are interested in applying their analytical tools to social science topics.
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Format: | Texto biblioteca |
Language: | eng |
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Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
2003
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Subjects: | Social sciences., Operations research., Decision making., Philosophy and social sciences., Anthropology., Sociology., Social Sciences., Sociology, general., Methodology of the Social Sciences., Philosophy of the Social Sciences., Operation Research/Decision Theory., |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0123-5 |
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