The Causal Power Of Social Structures
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The Causal Power Of Social Structures
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Author : Dave Elder-Vass
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2010-06-17
The Causal Power Of Social Structures written by Dave Elder-Vass and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-17 with Social Science categories.
The problem of structure and agency has been the subject of intense debate in the social sciences for over 100 years. This book offers a solution. Using a critical realist version of the theory of emergence, Dave Elder-Vass argues that, instead of ascribing causal significance to an abstract notion of social structure or a monolithic concept of society, we must recognise that it is specific groups of people that have social structural power. Some of these groups are entities with emergent causal powers, distinct from those of human individuals. Yet these powers also depend on the contributions of human individuals, and this book examines the mechanisms through which interactions between human individuals generate the causal powers of some types of social structures. The Causal Power of Social Structures makes particularly important contributions to the theory of human agency and to our understanding of normative institutions.
Power And Control
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Author : Tom Burns
language : en
Publisher: Sage Publications (CA)
Release Date : 1976
Power And Control written by Tom Burns and has been published by Sage Publications (CA) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with Social Science categories.
The Reality Of Social Construction
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Author : Dave Elder-Vass
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2012-04-23
The Reality Of Social Construction written by Dave Elder-Vass and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-23 with Philosophy categories.
Argues that versions of realist and social constructionist ways of thinking about the social world are compatible with each other.
Exchange And Power In Social Life
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Author : Peter Blau
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-09-29
Exchange And Power In Social Life written by Peter Blau and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-29 with Social Science categories.
In his landmark study of exchange and power in social life, Peter M. Blau contributes to an understanding of social structure by analyzing the social processes that govern the relations between individuals and groups. The basic question that Blau considers is: How does social life become organized into increasingly complex structures of associations among humans.This analysis, first published in 1964, represents a pioneering contribution to the sociological literature. Blau uses concepts of exchange, reciprocity, imbalance, and power to examine social life and to derive the more complex processes in social structure from the simpler ones. The principles of reciprocity and imbalance are used to derive such processes as power, changes in group structure; and the two major forces that govern the dynamics of complex social structures: the legitimization of organizing authority of increasing scope and the emergence of oppositions along different lines producing conflict and change.
The Concept Of Social Structure
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Author : Douglas Porpora
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 1987-10-16
The Concept Of Social Structure written by Douglas Porpora and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987-10-16 with Social Science categories.
Porpora is concerned with the concept of social structure and with the relationship between social structure and the individual. He focuses on two different conceptions of social structure, the Durkheimian conception, which is the dominant way in which social structure is conceptualized by sociologists, and an alternative conception, based on a reading of Marx. The author discusses in depth the various aspects of these two divergent theories and shows how the Marxian conception of social structure underlies even the newer structural analyses of racism, sexism, and power that go beyond Marxian theory. He offers a sustained critique of Structural Sociology's theoretical elimination of the individual actor, which results in a corresponding elimination of any form of agency from the explanation of social structural processes.
The Process Of Social Organization
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Author : Marvin Elliott Olsen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1978
The Process Of Social Organization written by Marvin Elliott Olsen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with Social Science categories.
The Social Construction Of State Power
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Author : Barkin, J. Samuel
language : en
Publisher: Policy Press
Release Date : 2020-05-06
The Social Construction Of State Power written by Barkin, J. Samuel and has been published by Policy Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-06 with Political Science categories.
Realism and constructivism are often viewed as competing paradigms for understanding international relations, though scholars are increasingly arguing that the two are compatible. Edited by one of the leading proponents of realist constructivism, this volume shows what realist constructivism looks like in practice by innovatively combining exposition and critiques of the realist constructivist approach with a series of international case studies. Each chapter addresses a key empirical question in international relations and provides important guidance for how to combine both approaches effectively in research. Addressing future directions and possibilities for realist constructivism in international relations, this book makes a significant contribution to the theorizing of global politics.
New Directions In The Philosophy Of Social Science
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Author : Daniel Little
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2016-09-12
New Directions In The Philosophy Of Social Science written by Daniel Little and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-12 with Philosophy categories.
An accessible introduction to the latest developments and debates in the philosophy of social science.
Reframing The Social
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Author : Professor Poe Yu-ze Wan
language : en
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Release Date : 2013-01-28
Reframing The Social written by Professor Poe Yu-ze Wan and has been published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-28 with Philosophy categories.
Drawing extensively on the research findings of natural and social sciences both in America and Europe, Reframing the Social argues for a critical realist and systemist social ontology, designed to shed light on current debates in social theory concerning the relationship of social ontology to practical social research, and the nature of 'the social'. It explores the works of the systems theorist Mario Bunge in comparison with the approach of Niklas Luhmann and critical social systems theorists, to challenge the commonly held view that the systems-based approach is holistic in nature and necessarily downplays the role of human agency. Theoretically sophisticated and investigating the work of a theorist whose work has until now received insufficient attention in Anglo-American thought, this book will be of interest to those working in the field of social theory, as well as scholars concerned with philosophy of social science, the project of analytical sociology, and the nature of the relationship between the natural and social sciences.
The Palgrave Handbook Of Relational Sociology
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Author : François Dépelteau
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2018-01-10
The Palgrave Handbook Of Relational Sociology written by François Dépelteau and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-10 with Social Science categories.
This handbook on relational sociology covers a rapidly growing approach in the social sciences—one which is connected to the interests of a large, diverse pool of researchers across a range of disciplines. Relational sociology has been one of the key foundations of the “relational turn” in human sciences since the 1980s, and it offers a unique opportunity to redefine the basic epistemological and ontological principles of sociology as we know it. The contributors collected here aim to elucidate the complexity and the scope of this growing approach by dealing with three central questions: Where does relational sociology come from and what are its principal concerns? What are the main theoretical and methodological currents within relational sociology? What have we studied in relational sociology and what are the results?