Rational choice theory
In: Schools of thought in sociology 8
In: An Elgar reference collection
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In: Schools of thought in sociology 8
In: An Elgar reference collection
In: Sociological methods and research, Band 38, Heft 1, S. 38-70
ISSN: 1552-8294
When case studies are constructed as narratives, then causal explanation can be achieved without either comparison or generalization. Narratives provide paths of causal links on a chronology of actions or events. The links, in turn, can be studied as Bayesian inferences generating Bayesian narratives. The causal paths in a narrative have a Boolean structure.
In: Contemporary sociology, Band 36, Heft 6, S. 532-534
ISSN: 1939-8638
In: Annual review of sociology, Band 30, Heft 1, S. 287-310
ISSN: 1545-2115
The nature of narrative explanations is explored as an alternative to the better established variable-centered explanations. Narratives are conceived as di-graphs where the nodes are states of the world and the arcs are actions (causes). Comparative narratives are understood as mappings between di-graphs. Ethnographic and historical explanations, where the number of cases is small and causality complex, may depend upon a narrative depiction.
In: The American journal of sociology, Band 108, Heft 6, S. 1423-1424
ISSN: 1537-5390
In: Revue française de sociologie. [English edition], Band 44, Heft 2, S. 255-273
ISSN: 2271-7641
In: Socio-economic review, Band 1, Heft 1, S. 1-26
ISSN: 1475-1461
This paper argues for a closer association between economics & sociology. The latter could benefit from the intellectual rigor of the former. Building a unified socioeconomics requires an intellectual rapprochement between the sociologist conception of social interaction & a relaxed version of rational choice. Evolutionary game theory may provide one way forward. 2 Figures, 42 References. Adapted from the source document.
In: Sociological methods and research, Band 30, Heft 1, S. 57-80
ISSN: 1552-8294
This article seeks to describe complex events (often occurring at low frequency) where standard statistical modeling of causality is not likely to prove feasible. Such events are perhaps best analyzed using the method of comparative narratives, which relies on an internal model of causality.
In: Sociological theory: ST ; a journal of the American Sociological Association, Band 18, Heft 3, S. 518-523
ISSN: 1467-9558
The paper considers some of the implications of Coleman Diagrams in the context of the study of social interaction at the microlevel. Such studies cannot be adequately modeled without improved theoretical rigor. The Theory of Comparative Narratives is advanced as one possible analytical framework of the modeling of interactions.
In: The American journal of sociology, Band 104, Heft 6, S. 1897-1898
ISSN: 1537-5390
In: Critical review: a journal of politics and society, Band 11, Heft 2, S. 319-321
ISSN: 1933-8007
In: Critical review: a journal of politics and society, Band 11, Heft 2, S. 311-313
ISSN: 1933-8007