Sociology and Complexity Science

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1 Brian Castellani. Frederic William Hafferty Sociology and Complexity Science A New Field of Inquiry ~ Springer

2 1 Introduction Telling the Story of Sociology's Complexity The Story of Sociology's Complexity Sociology's Complexity: The Early Years Embracing the Complexity ofwestem Society Embracing a Systems Perspective Leaming from the Past Intellectual Dead End The Case of Parsons The Rise of Complexity Science The New Challenge of Complexity The Emergence of SACS Reinventing Parsons Questions for Our Study Method for Our Study SACS Toolkit-Theoretical Framework Overview of the SACs Toolkit Overview of Chapters 2 and 3..., Social Complexity Theory Social Practice The Five Components of Social Practice Socia! Systems as Socia! Practice Overcoming the Agency/Structure Dualism Field of Relations Web of Social Practices Networkof Attracting Clusters Environment System Dynamics SACS Toolkit-Assemblage Introducing Assemblage The Key Features of Assemblage The Six Steps of Assemblage Step 1: The Research Question The Core: Steps 2 through Step 5: The Working Model Step 6: ConclusioD... 81

3 xviii 4 Overview of SA es Web of Social Practices The Network of Attracting Clusters Internal Dynamics of SACS Negotiated Ordering Internal Trajectories Environmental Forces The Legitimacy of SACS SACS as Enclosed Intellectual Space The Five Research Areas of SACS The Non-Corporate Government of SACS The SACS Community Common Concerns Interstitial Character of SACS Why Not Call SACS the Sociology of Complexity? The Formal Emergence of SACS Situating SACS Environmental Forces Sociology's Complexity Wallerstein's Gulbenkian Commission SACS's Millennial Musings Systems Thinking Systems Science: ABrief History Systems Science Cybernetics Systems Science and SACS Artificial Intelligence Complexity Science The Making of Complexity Science Popularizing Complexity Material Conditions A New Vocabulary Topics of Study Method Five Areas of Research Complex Social Network Analysis The Sub-clusters of CSNA Computational Sociology What Makes Computational Sociology Unique Three Subfields of Study British-based School of Complexity Complexity Science Lineage

4 xix Complexity Science and Sociological Methods C Integrating Complexity Science and Sociological Topics Sociology Intellectual Traditions Conclusion The Luhmann School of Complexity The Luhmann School of Complexity Profile Niklas Luhmann: A Basic Review The LSC Today Sociocybernetics Complexity Science Lineage Sociology Lineage Complexity Science and Sociology Method Complexity Science and Sociological Topics Conclusion The System of SACS Why More Method? More Data and Techniques Into the Swamp Again! Data and Procedures Is a Network a System? Choosing the Top 25 Scholars Database Analytic Procedure How to Read the Map Map 6 versus Map The Emergence and Growth of SACS ( ) The Emergence of SACS A Decade of Growth ( ) SACS Today Negotiated Ordering Generating Map General Structure of SACS Degree ofconnectedness Powerbrokers Internal Division The Interstitial Character of SACS The Chaos of Sociology The Fractal Dynamics of SACS The Near Future of SACS

5 xx 9 Conclusion Overview Why Read This Book Expressing Old Ideas in New Ways Reviewing SACS SACS Toolkit What We Learned About SACS The Impact of SACS Mapping Complexity The Map Map 1: The New Sdence of Complexity Map 2: SACS Town Graph 1: The Pareto Distribution Figure 1: Venn Diagram of SACS Folders Map 3: Fill-in-the-Blanks Tool Figure 2: Web of Sodal Practices for SACS Figure 3: Web of Sodal Practices as Molecule Flowcharts 1 and Map 4: The Cornmunity of SACS Map 5: The Lineage of Computational Sociology Map 6: Social Network Model of SACS Map 7: Sodal Network Map of SACS Minus Gatekeepers References Index