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Advances in social theory and methodology : toward an integration of micro- and macro-sociologies
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The micro-sociological challenge of macro-socio-theory is addressed in this article, where the integration of micro- and macro-levels of analysis is discussed.Abstract:
The micro-sociological challenge of macro-sociology / K. Knorr-Cetina -- Notes on the integration of micro- and macro-levels of analysis / A.V. Cicourel -- Micro-translation as a theory-building strategy / R. Collins -- Intermediate steps between micro- and macro-integration / T. Duster -- Philosophical aspects of the micro-macro problem / R. Harre -- Agency, institution and time-space analysis / A. Giddens -- Social ritual and relative truth in natural language / G. Fauconnier -- Transformational theory and the internal environment of action systems / V. Lidz -- Communication about law in interaction systems / N. Luhmann -- Toward a reconstruction of historical materialism / J. Habermas -- Unscrewing the big Leviathan / M. Callon and B. Latour -- Men and machines / P. Bourdieu.read more
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