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The Structure of Causal Chains
Sociological Theory ( IF 3.694 ) Pub Date : 2018-12-01 , DOI: 10.1177/0735275118811377
Neil Gross 1
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Sociologists are increasingly attentive to the mechanisms responsible for cause-and-effect relationships in the social world. But an aspect of mechanistic causality has not been sufficiently considered. It is well recognized that most phenomena of interest to social science result from multiple mechanisms operating in sequence. However, causal chains—sequentially linked mechanisms and their enabling background conditions—vary not just substantively, by the kind of causal work they do, but also structurally, by their formal properties. In this article, the author examines the nature of causal chains, identifies major structural dimensions along which they differ, and makes a case that a mechanism-based explanation would be enhanced if causal chains and their structures were brought to the analytical forefront.

中文翻译:

因果链的结构

社会学家越来越关注负责社会世界中因果关系的机制。但是尚未充分考虑机械因果关系的一个方面。众所周知,社会科学感兴趣的大多数现象是由多种机制依次产生的。但是,因果链(顺序关联的机制及其有利的背景条件)不仅在很大程度上因其所进行的因果工作而异,而且在结构上也因其形式属性而异。在本文中,作者检查了因果链的性质,确定了因果链不同的主要结构维度,并提出了一个理由,如果将因果链及其结构置于分析的前沿,则将加强基于机制的解释。
更新日期:2018-12-01
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