Social Sequence Analysis (Structural Analysis in the Social Sciences)

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Benjamin CornwellCambridge University Press, 8/6/2015EAN 9781107500549, ISBN10: 1107500540Paperback, 338 pages, 22.8 x 15.2 x 1.8 cmLanguage: EnglishSocial sequence analysis includ es a diverse and rapidly growing body of methods that social scientists have developed to help study complex ordered social processes, including chains of transitions, trajectories and other ordered phenomena. Social sequence analysis is not limited by content or time scale and can be used in many different fields, including sociology, communication, information science and psychology. Social Sequence Analysis aims to bring together both foundational and recent theoretical and methodological work on social sequences from the last thirty years. A unique reference book for a new generation of social scientists, this book will aid demographers who study life-course trajectories and family histories, sociologists who study career paths or work/family schedules, communication scholars and micro-sociologists who study conversation, interaction structures and small-group dynamics, as well as social epidemiologists.Part I. Introduction1. Sequence analysis in the social sciencesPart II. Theoretical Background2. Theoretical foundations of social sequence analysisPart III. Social Sequence Analysis Concepts and Techniques3. Sequence analysis concepts and data4. Detecting sequence structure5. Whole-sequence comparison methodsPart IV. New Directions in Social Sequence Analysis6. Network methods for sequence analysis7. Social microsequence analysisPart V. Conclusions8. The promise of social sequence analysis. Show more