Book contents
- Finding Your Social Science Project
- Strategies for Social Inquiry
- Finding Your Social Science Project
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Detailed Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Glossary
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Overview
- Part II Playing with Ideas
- Part III Playing with Data
- Part IV Playing with Theories
- 8 Theoretical Frameworks
- 9 Explanatory Challenges
- 10 Tools and Tips for Theorizing
- Part V Conclusions
- Appendix A Surveys and Interviews
- References
- Index
8 - Theoretical Frameworks
from Part IV - Playing with Theories
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 October 2022
Book contents
- Finding Your Social Science Project
- Strategies for Social Inquiry
- Finding Your Social Science Project
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Detailed Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Glossary
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Overview
- Part II Playing with Ideas
- Part III Playing with Data
- Part IV Playing with Theories
- 8 Theoretical Frameworks
- 9 Explanatory Challenges
- 10 Tools and Tips for Theorizing
- Part V Conclusions
- Appendix A Surveys and Interviews
- References
- Index
Summary
Chapter 8 lays out a menu of well-travelled theoretical frameworks. This includes (a) motivational frameworks (interests, norms, psychology), (b) structural frameworks (material factors, human capital/demography, institutions), and (c) interactive frameworks (adaptation, coordination, diffusion, networks, path dependence).
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- Finding your Social Science ProjectThe Research Sandbox, pp. 181 - 202Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022