Contents
| List of figures | page vi | |
| List of tables | viii | |
| Preface | ix | |
| 1 | The analytical tradition in sociology | 1 |
| 2 | Social mechanisms and explanatory theory | 11 |
| 3 | Action and interaction | 34 |
| 4 | Social interaction and social change | 67 |
| 5 | On causal modelling | 101 |
| 6 | Quantitative research, agent-based modelling and theories of the social (with Yvonne Åberg) | 114 |
| 7 | Coda | 145 |
| References | 156 | |
| Index | 170 | |


