In this paper an extension is given of the set of concepts considered to be basic to the fields of Economics, Organization Theory, Political Science, Psychology and Sociology. The modeling is in terms of automata and automata networks. In the first paper on basic concepts the simplest unit, the social atom, stood central. In this second paper social structures and processes are focused upon.

Academic Year: 2013-2014 Date of Report Submission: August 9, 2014 Name of Department/Unit/Program: Honors Program Name of Contact Person: Rose Spalding Names of Assessment Committee Members: Jennifer Conary (English), Mike Edwards (First Year Program), Nancy Grossman (Honors), Peter Hastings (CDM), Martha Martinez-Firestone (Sociology), Chris Mount (Religious Studies), and Rose Spalding (Honor...

‘Theory’ is one of the most important words in the lexicon of contemporary sociology. Yet, their ubiquity notwithstanding, it is quite unclear what sociologists mean by the words ‘theory,’ ‘theoretical,’ and ‘theorize.’ I argue that confusions about the meaning of ‘theory’ have brought about undesirable consequences, including conceptual muddles and even downright miscommunication. In this pape...

By the turn of the twentieth century a distinct 'social domain'--along with its constituent parts, problems and internal dynamics-was turned into a political entity, and a concern for state bureaucracies existed across the industrializing world. Specific motivations for this trend may have varied from location to location, but included arguments for higher industrial productivity and less polit...

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Game theory is rampant in economics. Having long ago invaded industrial organization (the sub-field of economics that studies firms and their product markets), game-theoretic modeling is now commonplace in international, labor, macro, and financial economics, and is gathering steam even in development economics and economic history. Nor is economics alone: accounting, law, marketing, political ...

Sassen (Sociology, University of Chicago) (Corresponding author email: [email protected]) © London School of Economics and Political Science 2005 ISSN 0007-1315 print/1468-4446 online. Published by Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 9600 Garsington Road, Oxford OX4 2DQ, UK and 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148, USA on behalf of the LSE. DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4446.2005.00072.x Digging in the penumbra of...

s of papers relating to these issues are invited for consideration for the conferenceand should be sent to Andrew Sayer at the address below by the extended deadline of1 March 2005 Conference organiser: Andrew Sayer, Professor of Social Theory and Political Economy,Department of Sociology, Lancaster University, LA1 4YD, U.K. [email protected] Conference secretary: Pennie Drink...