• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: Relational Mechanisms
  • Beteiligte: Peetz, Thorsten
  • Erschienen: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2019
  • Erschienen in: Analyse & Kritik, 41 (2019) 1, Seite 147-174
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.1515/auk-2019-410110
  • ISSN: 2365-9858; 0171-5860
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  • Beschreibung: Abstract This article challenges the view that sociological explanation is based on methodological individualism and suggests using relational concepts for constructing explanations of social phenomena. It develops a relational concept of social mechanisms based on sociological systems theory and illustrates its explanatory power by drawing on research on changes in educational organizations in Germany.
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