Werner Raub and Thomas Voss
Micro-Macro Models in Sociology: Antecedents of Coleman’s Diagram
Note: Support for Raub was provided by NWO (PIONIER-program “The Management of Matches”; grants S 96–168 and PGS 50–370). Raub acknowledges the hospitality of Nuffield College, University of Oxford.
Abstract: In sociology, Coleman’s diagram (the “Coleman-boat” or “Coleman’s bathtub”) has become the standard way of representing micro-macro links. Coleman’s work on micro-macro links and his diagram have several “predecessors.” Many of these were developed by European sociologists and appeared (roughly) between 1970–1980, quite some years ahead of Coleman’s contributions. Much of this work, while often pioneering, has been hardly noticed outside Europe ...
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