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Meaning and Modularity: The Multivalence of “Mechanism” in Sociological Explanation 意义与模块性:社会学解释中“机制”的多重价值

IF 4.4 1区社会学

Sociological Theory Pub Date : 2019-08-29 DOI: 10.1177/0735275119869969

C. Knight, I. Reed

引用次数: 9

What’s Alter Got to Do with It? A Consideration of Network Content and the Social Ties That Provide It 这和Alter有什么关系?网络内容与提供网络内容的社会联系的思考

IF 4.4 1区社会学

Sociological Theory Pub Date : 2019-08-29 DOI: 10.1177/0735275119869344

J. Greenberg

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引用次数: 32

Residuality and Inconsistency in the Interpretation of Socio-Theoretical Systems 社会理论体系解释中的残留与不一致

IF 4.4 1区社会学

Sociological Theory Pub Date : 2019-08-29 DOI: 10.1177/0735275119869973

Christoforos Bouzanis, S. Kemp

引用次数: 5

Thick Concepts and Sociological Research 厚概念与社会学研究

IF 4.4 1区社会学

Sociological Theory Pub Date : 2019-08-29 DOI: 10.1177/0735275119869979

G. Abend

引用次数: 20

On the Ambivalence of the Aphorism in Sociological Theory 论社会学理论中警句的矛盾心理