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- Publisher
- de Gruyter
- Copyright
- © 2019 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston
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- 0171-5860
- DOI
- 10.1515/auk-2019-410110
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Abstract
AbstractThis 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.
Journal
Analyse & Kritik – de Gruyter
Published: May 1, 2019
Keywords: social mechanisms; relational sociology; social systems theory; educational organizations; economization