Macrosociology, rational choice theory and time: a theoretical perspective on the empirical analysis of social processes

Abstract: "In the first part of this paper, Blossfeld discusses some of the historical reasons why the explosion of rational choice scholarship in the social sciences has had surprisingly little influence on macro-sociological data analysis. In the second part, he shows that any theoretically powerful sociological analysis of a macro-sociological problem must pay attention to both structural- and micro-Ievel issues but not in the usual static way. Any macro-micro framework must recognize that time is significant in this relationship. It must identify the particular historical structures and processes that dominate the changes occurring in a given population, and it must specify the causal mechanisms that allow us to trace the encounters of intentionally acting individuals with the flow of history as a series of choice processes."

Alternative title
Makrosoziologie, Rational-Choice-Theorie und Zeit: eine theoretische Perspektive zur empirischen Analyse von sozialen Prozessen
Location
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Extent
Online-Ressource, 43 S.
Language
Englisch
Notes
Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet

Bibliographic citation
Arbeitspapier / Sfb 186 ; Bd. 35

Event
Veröffentlichung
(where)
Bremen
(when)
1996
Creator
Contributor
Universität Bremen, SFB 186 Statuspassagen und Risikolagen im Lebensverlauf

URN
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-57417
Rights
Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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  • 1996

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