1st Edition
Micro-Macro Links and Microfoundations in Sociology RPD
1. Introduction: Micro-Macro Links and Microfoundations in Sociology Werner Raub, Utrecht University, The Netherlands, Vincent Buskens, Utrecht University, The Netherlands; Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands and Marcel A.L.M. van Assen, Tilburg University, The Netherlands
2. Micromotives, Microstructure and Macrobehavior: The Case of Voluntary Cooperation Simon Gächter, University of Nottingham, UK and Christian Thöni, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
3. Population Heterogeneity and Between-Group Substitutability and Complementarity of Social Actions Kazuo Yamaguchi, The University of Chicago, USA
4. The Micro-Macro Link for the Theory of Structural Balance Arnout van de Rijt, Stony Brook University, USA
5. Generative Models of Segregation: Investigating Model-Generated Patterns of Residential Segregation by Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Status Mark Fossett, Texas A&M University, USA
6. Small Worlds and Cultural Polarization Andreas Flache, University of Groningen, The Netherlands and Michael W. Macy, Cornell University, USA
7. Self-Organization and Emergence in Social Systems. Modeling the Coevolution of Social Environments and Cooperative Behavior Dirk Helbing, Wenjian Yu and Heiko Rauhut, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
8. Modeling Micro-Macro Relationships: Problems and Solutions Karl-Dieter Opp, Universität Leipzig, Germany; University of Washington, USA
Biography
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.
'...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
