Books in the Methodos Series series

This book combines insights developed by philosophers of the social sciences with the writings of historians to offer a unique perspective touching on a wide range of topics, from the French and Chinese revolutions to agriculture and the industrial age.

This open access book describes how elite studies theoretically and methodologically construct their object, i.e. All sections comprise empirical case studies of elites and power, whereby each of which makes explicit the various methodological choices made in the research process.

This open access book examines the methodological complications of using complexity science concepts within the social science domain.

Second, by identifying different levels as truly different systems of agency: such levels of agency can be examined separately and jointly since the link between them is affiliation of members of one level to collective actors at the superior level.

This open access book examines the methodological complications of using complexity science concepts within the social science domain.

This book progressively works out a method of constructing models which can bridge the gap between empirical and theoretical research in the social sciences.

Hierarchy is a form of organisation of complex systems that rely on or produce a strong differentiation in capacity (power and size) between the parts of the system.

This book offers an alternative view to current postmodern approaches to composition. It takes a critical realist stance to arrive at the essence of written communication with the aim to inform a practical application: a computerized writing tutor.

Taking a step beyond conventional research, this volume provides a new and rich set of concepts regarding the conduct and design of research and educational social change. The text addresses the tension between academic rigor, policy, and practice in contemporary social research.

Second, by identifying different levels as truly different systems of agency: such levels of agency can be examined separately and jointly since the link between them is affiliation of members of one level to collective actors at the superior level.

Hierarchy is a form of organisation of complex systems that rely on or produce a strong differentiation in capacity (power and size) between the parts of the system.

This is an attempt to renew our links with the oldest traditions of scholarly thinking, but is also a well-tempered reflection on today's work in objectivization.

This open access book describes how elite studies theoretically and methodologically construct their object, i.e. All sections comprise empirical case studies of elites and power, whereby each of which makes explicit the various methodological choices made in the research process.

The purpose of the multilevel approach is to understand individual behaviors taking into account the social context in which they occur.

The purpose of the multilevel approach is to understand individual behaviors taking into account the social context in which they occur.

This investigation into causal modelling presents the rationale of causality; i.e. what guides reasoning in causal modeling. In contrast to the dominant paradigm, it argues that causal models are governed by a variation, rather than regularity or invariance.

This book progressively works out a method of constructing models which can bridge the gap between empirical and theoretical research in the social sciences.