At a time when most of the innovative techniques in empirical sociology concern themselves with networks of relations among variables (such as indices of occupational prestige, education and income), the central theme of this volume is that there is much substantive insight and analytical leverage to be gained from a conceptualization of social structure directly, as regularities in the patterning of relations among concrete entities. The view adopted here is that variate distributions measure selected consequences of structural pattern (of the actual connections among individuals or organizations) and, as such, they are useful indicators of questions to be asked in analyzing social structures directly, but they are neither descriptions nor analyses of the structure itself.
| ISBN: | 9781138969377 |
| Publication date: | 21st January 2016 |
| Author: | Ronald Breiger |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 206 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory |
| Genres: |
Social theory Social and ethical issues |
At a time when most of the innovative techniques in empirical sociology concern themselves with networks of relations among variables (such as indices of occupational prestige, education and income), the central theme of this volume is that there is much substantive insight and analytical leverage to be gained from a conceptualization of social structure directly, as regularities in the patterning of relations among concrete entities. The view adopted here is that variate distributions measure selected consequences of structural pattern (of the actual connections among individuals or organizations) and, as such, they are useful indicators of questions to be asked in analyzing social structures directly, but they are neither descriptions nor analyses of the structure itself.
Explorations in Structural Analysis features in the following genres: Social theory, Social and ethical issues
Explorations in Structural Analysis is available in Paperback
Explorations in Structural Analysis was written by Ronald Breiger and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd
Explorations in Structural Analysis has 206 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory series
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