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Christofer Edling

Christofer Edling

Professor

Christofer Edling

Analytical sociology is a research strategy

Author

  • Christofer Edling

Summary, in English

Analytical sociology is a methodological strategy aimed at refining theoretically informed

empirical social research. Given the central assumption that the role of sociology is to

explain macro level phenomena, analytical sociology makes pragmatic use of abstract models of

social action and interaction, such as the DBO-model. The realization that it is not a philosophy

or a psychology, nor a universal theory of the social, implies that it is by actually explaining social

phenomena that analytical sociology will make a name for itself.

Department/s

  • Sociology

Publishing year

2012

Language

English

Publication/Series

Sociologica

Volume

2012

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article (letter)

Publisher

Societa Editrice Il Mulino

Topic

  • Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)

Keywords

  • action
  • analytical sociology
  • social mechanism
  • social action system
  • explanation
  • sociology
  • sociologi

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1971-8853