Macrosociology

Under macrosociology is now part of the sociology understood the par (also comparable collectives ) the Company has the object, insofar as these as a framework or a figuration is conceived of social structures, the ( patterns ) are based on generally vorfindbare pattern and not necessarily from direct interaction of the members depend on how the case is in (small) groups - cf micro sociology.

Consequently fall macrosociology as an object all the social structures which conform with the concept of stable and institutionalized and ritualized social system and can be described as associations with Max Weber. Your cohesion based on a commonly agreed by all participants understanding of the regulations of the Union. In contrast to the groups in the strict sense, social action thus relates in such associations not to individual players, but on an abstract, imaginary order, which carries the normative character of social norms.

Approaches

Important representatives of macro sociological theory approaches include:

  • Karl Marx, Ludwig Gumplowicz, Ferdinand Tönnies, Max Weber, Amitai Etzioni, Pierre Bourdieu
  • Structuralist theories ( Émile Durkheim, Claude Lévi- Strauss),
  • Post-structuralist approaches ( Michel Foucault)
  • Sociological systems theory ( Talcott Parsons, Niklas Luhmann).

Methods

" Macro- sociology " is this seen as the study of the interdependence of parts that together make up a whole.

There are often fundamental methodological questions asked, but that can be turned off in the practical application of such methods:

• Are individuals as micro - units somehow more fundamental than any macro unit?

• Are individuals, if they are treated as configurations of selected characteristics, represented merely as points in an abstract multidimensional space?

• Runs the operation, which is called "Understanding interpretation " simply boils down to prefer a probability distribution over another?

For macro sociologists useful methods include:

1 ) Comparative analysis of statistical distributions

2 ) a description and analysis of the structure, functioning and development of the reciprocal relationship between parts of a whole;

3 ) Aggregating analysis of specific parts (eg individuals, families, organizations) in static and dynamic ways.

Single Documents

  • Sociological Theory
Microsociology Social actions Structuralism Feature space
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