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Tekijä: | Chattoe, E. |
Otsikko: | Using simulation to develop testable functionalist explanations: a case study of church survival |
Lehti: | British Journal of Sociology
2006 : SEP, VOL. 57:3, p. 379-397 |
Asiasana: | simulation case studies churches |
Vapaa asiasana: | rational choice functionalism |
Kieli: | eng |
Tiivistelmä: | This study argues that sociological functionalism's problem is not in its explanation logic but in the absence of appropriate techniques for formalizing functionalist (here as: func-t.) theories. The solution, that is agent-based simulation, is illustrated by a case study: a func-t. account of church survival. |
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