Analytical Sociology: Actions and Networks (Wiley Series in Computational and Quantitative Social Science) by Gianluca Manzo (ed.)

Reason-based explanations and analytical sociology

The Effect of Globalization on the Moral Values Change among the Youth

Globalization constitutes ideas, behavior and personality of people according to values and norms and affects different aspects of life of people (individually and socially). This research has been done in order to study the effect of globalization on moral values of the youth regarding sociology perspective. Statistical universe of this research includes 800 persons in Tehran. This research ha...

Educational Choices and Social Interactions: a Formal Model and a Computational Test

In their authoritative literature review, Breen and Jonsson (2005) claim that ‘one of the most significant trends in the study of inequalities in educational attainment in the past decade has been the resurgence of rational-choice models focusing on educational decision making’. The starting point of the present contribution is that these models have largely ignored the explanatory relevance of...

Review: Understanding Large Temporal Networks and Spatial Networks: Exploration, Pattern Searching, Visualization and Network Evolution (Wiley Series in Computational and Quantitative Social Science)

Description: Understanding Large Temporal Networks and Spatial Networks Exploration, Pattern Searching, Visualization and Network Evolution Understanding Large Temporal Networks and Spatial Networks explores social mechanisms that drive network change and links them to computationally sound models of changing structure to detect patterns. The authors explore the social processes generating thes...

A Sociological Study of the Impact of Social Factors on Electoral Behavior (Comparison of Youth and Adult Age Study Group in Mazandaran Province)

The purpose of the present study is to investigate the sociological impact of social factors on the electoral behavior of citizens of Mazandaran province by comparing the two age groups of youth and adults. In this regard, a descriptive-analytical cross-sectional study was conducted using a researcher-made questionnaire. Statistical population of this study is men and women over 18 years old th...