1st Edition
Sociology as Analysis of the Unintended From the Problem of Ignorance to the Discovery of the Possible
By Adriana Mica
Copyright 2018
190 Pages
by
Routledge
190 Pages
by
Routledge
190 Pages
by
Routledge
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Sociology of unintended consequences is commonly depicted as a framework for understanding the outcomes that run counter to the initial intentions of social actors because of factors such as ignorance, error and complexity. This conventional approach, however, is now undergoing change under the influence of more encompassing shifts in framing in social sciences. Indeed, in the last few years, the... Read more
Acknowledgements
Introduction
PART I. Sociology of unintended consequences
1. Analytical frameworks
2. Assumptions
3. Tricky processes
PART II. The three analytical frameworks
4. The unanticipated consequences of social action
5. Institutions as unintended consequences of social interaction
6. The mechanisms of reproduction of institutionalized practices
Conclusions: The turn towards the possible, counterfactual and indeterminacy
Index
Biography
Adriana Mica is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Social Prevention and Resocialisation, University of Warsaw, Poland
