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Author:   Vincent Buskens (Utrecht University, The Netherlands) ,  Werner Raub (Utrecht University, The Netherlands) ,  Marcel Van Assen (Tilburg University, The Netherlands)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.620kg
ISBN:  

9780415698979

ISBN 10:   0415698979
Pages:   247
Publication Date:   16 December 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Micro-Macro Links and Microfoundations in Sociology Werner Raub, Vincent Buskens and Marcel A.L.M. van Assen 2. Micromotives, Microstructure and Macrobehavior: The Case of Voluntary Cooperation Simon Gächter 3. Population Heterogeneity and Between-Group Substitutability and Complementarity of Social Actions Kazuo Yamaguchi 4. The Micro-Macro Link for the Theory of Structural Balance Arnout van de Rijt 5. Generative Models of Segregation: Investigating Model-Generated Patterns of Residential Segregation by Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Status Mark Fossett 6. Small Worlds and Cultural Polarization Andreas Flache and Michael W. Macy 7. Self-Organization and Emergence in Social Systems. Modeling the Coevolution of Social Environments and Cooperative Behavior Dirk Helbing, Wenjian Yu and Heiko Rauhut 8. Modeling Micro-Macro Relationships: Problems and Solutions Karl-Dieter Opp

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'...taken as a whole, the book richly illustrates techniques and data suitable for representing agent models , interaction processes (perhaps under varying degrees of experimental control) and the potential for generating rich (rather than simple aggregate) macro patterns.' -Edmund Chattoe-Brown, University of Leicester, in the Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, vol 15, no 2

Author Information

Vincent Buskens is professor of theoretical sociology at the Department of Sociology/ICS, Utrecht University, The Netherlands and professor of Empirical Legal Studies at the Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands. His main research areas are theoretical sociology, game theory, social networks, mathematical sociology, methods of empirical social science research. Werner Raub is professor of theoretical sociology at the Department of Sociology/ICS, Utrecht University, The Netherlands. His main research areas are theoretical sociology, organization theory and economic sociology, mathematical sociology, experiments and the use of complementary research designs in the social sciences, sociological applications of neuroscience. Marcel Van Assen is assistant professor at the Department of Methodology and Statistics, Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Tilburg University, The Netherlands. His research interests include mathematical sociology, mathematical psychology, rational choice sociology, social networks, and statistics.

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