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41 produkter
Researching Elites and Power
Theory, Methods, Analyses
Av Francois Denord, Mikael Palme m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
555 kr
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This open access book describes how elite studies theoretically and methodologically construct their object, i.e. how particular conceptualizations of elites are turned into research practice using different methods for collecting, dealing with and analyzing empirical data. The first of four …
Explanatory Power of Models
Bridging the Gap between Empirical and Theoretical Research in the Social Sciences
Inbunden, 2002
1647 kr
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Empirical research often lacks theory. This book progressively works out a method of constructing models which can bridge the gap between empirical and theoretical research in the social sciences. This might improve the explanatory power of models. The issue is quite novel, and it benefited from a …
Methodology and Epistemology of Multilevel Analysis
Approaches from Different Social Sciences
Av D. Courgeau
Inbunden, 2003
1101 kr
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3 the observation focus on aggregate or individual behaviours? Will the meth ods used to identify the relationships between the values measured be the same or totally different depending on the level of observation? Can several aggregation levels be used simultaneously? and so on. The social …
Hierarchy in Natural and Social Sciences
Inbunden, 2005
1101 kr
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Hierarchy is a form of organisation of complex systems that rely on or produce a strong differentiation in capacity (power and size) between the parts of the system. It is frequently observed within the natural living world as well as in social institutions. According to the authors, hierarchy …
Descent of Human Sex Ratio at Birth
A Dialogue between Mathematics, Biology and Sociology
Inbunden, 2007
1101 kr
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Since the 18th century, one phenomenon, the proportion of the sexes at birth among human beings, has contributed to various developments such as the calculus of probabilities, administrative statistics, the moral and social sciences, the statistics of variability, post-Darwinian biology and …
Causality and Causal Modelling in the Social Sciences
Measuring Variations
Inbunden, 2008
1538 kr
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The anti-causal prophecies of last century have been disproved. Causality is neither a ‘relic of a bygone’ nor ‘another fetish of modern science’; it still occupies a large part of the current debate in philosophy and the sciences. This investigation into causal modelling presents the rationale of …
Complexity Perspectives in Innovation and Social Change
Av David Lane, Denise Pumain m. fl.
Inbunden, 2009
3069 kr
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Innovation is nowadays a question of life and death for many of the economies of the western world. Yet, due to our generally reductionist scientific paradigm, invention and innovation are rarely studied scientifically. Most work prefers to study its context and its consequences. As a result, we …
Audit Studies: Behind the Scenes with Theory, Method, and Nuance
Häftad, 2018
1212 kr
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This book offers practical instruction on the use of audit studies in the social sciences. It features essays from sociologists, economists, and other experts who have employed this powerful and flexible tool. Readers will learn how to implement an audit study to examine a variety of questions in …
Methodological Investigations in Agent-Based Modelling
With Applications for the Social Sciences
Häftad, 2019
555 kr
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This open access book examines the methodological complications of using complexity science concepts within the social science domain. The opening chapters take the reader on a tour through the development of simulation methodologies in the fields of artificial life and population biology, then …
Empirical Investigations of Social Space
Av Jörg Blasius, Frédéric Lebaron m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
1866 kr
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This book provides an in-depth view on Bourdieu’s empirical work, thereby specially focusing on the construction of the social space and including the concept of the habitus. Themes described in the book include amongst others: • the theory and methodology for the construction of “social spaces”,• …
Empirical Investigations of Social Space
Av Jörg Blasius, Frédéric Lebaron m. fl.
Häftad, 2021
1866 kr
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This book provides an in-depth view on Bourdieu’s empirical work, thereby specially focusing on the construction of the social space and including the concept of the habitus. Themes described in the book include amongst others: • the theory and methodology for the construction of “social spaces”,• …
Researching Elites and Power
Theory, Methods, Analyses
Av Francois Denord, Mikael Palme m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
445 kr
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This open access book describes how elite studies theoretically and methodologically construct their object, i.e. how particular conceptualizations of elites are turned into research practice using different methods for collecting, dealing with and analyzing empirical data. The first of four …
Towards Bayesian Model-Based Demography
Agency, Complexity and Uncertainty in Migration Studies
Av Jakub Bijak
Inbunden, 2021
555 kr
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This open access book presents a ground-breaking approach to developing micro-foundations for demography and migration studies. It offers a unique and novel methodology for creating empirically grounded agent-based models of international migration – one of the most uncertain population processes …
Towards Bayesian Model-Based Demography
Agency, Complexity and Uncertainty in Migration Studies
Av Jakub Bijak
Häftad, 2021
445 kr
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This open access book presents a ground-breaking approach to developing micro-foundations for demography and migration studies. It offers a unique and novel methodology for creating empirically grounded agent-based models of international migration – one of the most uncertain population processes …
Institutional Compass: Method, Use and Scope
Inbunden, 2022
555 kr
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This open access book presents a new generation multi-criteria, multi-stake holder, decision aide, called an "institutional compass". Based on hard data, the compass tells us what quality-direction we are heading in as an institution, region, system or organisation. The quality is not chosen from …
Institutional Compass: Method, Use and Scope
Häftad, 2022
445 kr
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This open access book presents a new generation multi-criteria, multi-stake holder, decision aide, called an "institutional compass". Based on hard data, the compass tells us what quality-direction we are heading in as an institution, region, system or organisation. The quality is not chosen from …
Understanding Human Life
A Methodological and Interdisciplinary Approach
Inbunden, 2022
1431 kr
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This book addresses the challenge of understanding human life. It compares our life experience with the attempts to grasp it by astrologers, eugenicists, psychologists, neuroscientists, social scientists, and philosophers. The main opposition among these specialties lies between understanding and …
Understanding Human Life
A Methodological and Interdisciplinary Approach
Häftad, 2023
1431 kr
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This book addresses the challenge of understanding human life. It compares our life experience with the attempts to grasp it by astrologers, eugenicists, psychologists, neuroscientists, social scientists, and philosophers. The main opposition among these specialties lies between understanding and …
Are Statistics Only Made of Data?
Know-how and Presupposition from the 17th and 19th Centuries
Av Éric Brian
Inbunden, 2024
1316 kr
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This book examines several epistemological regimes in studies of numerical data over the last four centuries. It distinguishes these regimes and mobilises questions present in the philosophy of science, sociology and historical works throughout the 20th century. Attention is given to the skills of …
Are Statistics Only Made of Data?
Know-how and Presupposition from the 17th and 19th Centuries
Av Éric Brian
Häftad, 2025
1316 kr
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This book examines several epistemological regimes in studies of numerical data over the last four centuries. It distinguishes these regimes and mobilises questions present in the philosophy of science, sociology and historical works throughout the 20th century. Attention is given to the skills of …
Rethinking Health and Well-Being
A New Philosophical and Methodological Framework
Inbunden, 2026
1425 kr
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This book calls scholars to rethink health and well-being. Doing so, strikes as necessary for a number of aspects related to these topics have not yet been really addressed from a philosophical point of view. For example: can we really speak about facts related to health and well-being? If so, then …
Multilevel Network Analysis for the Social Sciences
Theory, Methods and Applications
Av Emmanuel Lazega, Tom A.B. Snijders
Inbunden, 2015
1866 kr
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This volume provides new insights into the functioning of organizational, managerial and market societies. Multilevel analysis and social network analysis are described and the authors show how they can be combined in developing the theory, methods and empirical applications of the social sciences. …
Audit Studies: Behind the Scenes with Theory, Method, and Nuance
Inbunden, 2018
1207 kr
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This book offers practical instruction on the use of audit studies in the social sciences. It features essays from sociologists, economists, and other experts who have employed this powerful and flexible tool. Readers will learn how to implement an audit study to examine a variety of questions in …
Methodological Investigations in Agent-Based Modelling
With Applications for the Social Sciences
Inbunden, 2018
555 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This open access book examines the methodological complications of using complexity science concepts within the social science domain. The opening chapters take the reader on a tour through the development of simulation methodologies in the fields of artificial life and population biology, then …
Multilevel Network Analysis for the Social Sciences
Theory, Methods and Applications
Av Emmanuel Lazega, Tom A.B. Snijders
Häftad, 2019
1866 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This volume provides new insights into the functioning of organizational, managerial and market societies. Multilevel analysis and social network analysis are described and the authors show how they can be combined in developing the theory, methods and empirical applications of the social sciences. …
Explanatory Power of Models
Bridging the Gap between Empirical and Theoretical Research in the Social Sciences
Häftad, 2010
1643 kr
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This book progressively works out a method of constructing models which can bridge the gap between empirical and theoretical research in the social sciences. It aims to improve the explanatory power of models. The issue is quite novel, and has benefited from a thorough examination of statistical …
Methodology and Epistemology of Multilevel Analysis
Approaches from Different Social Sciences
Av D. Courgeau
Häftad, 2010
1098 kr
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3 the observation focus on aggregate or individual behaviours? Will the meth ods used to identify the relationships between the values measured be the same or totally different depending on the level of observation? Can several aggregation levels be used simultaneously? and so on. The social …
Hierarchy in Natural and Social Sciences
Häftad, 2010
1098 kr
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Hierarchy is a form of organisation of complex systems that rely on or produce a strong differentiation in capacity (power and size) between the parts of the system. It is frequently observed within the natural living world as well as in social institutions. According to the authors, hierarchy …
Descent of Human Sex Ratio at Birth
A Dialogue between Mathematics, Biology and Sociology
Häftad, 2010
1098 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Since the 18th century, one phenomenon, the proportion of the sexes at birth among human beings, has contributed to various developments such as the calculus of probabilities, administrative statistics, the moral and social sciences, the statistics of variability, post-Darwinian biology and …
Causality and Causal Modelling in the Social Sciences
Measuring Variations
Häftad, 2010
1534 kr
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The anti-causal prophecies of last century have been disproved. Causality is neither a ‘relic of a bygone’ nor ‘another fetish of modern science’; it still occupies a large part of the current debate in philosophy and the sciences. This investigation into causal modelling presents the rationale of …
