G Manzo
Biographic Data
| ID | 273514 |
|---|---|
| NAME | G Manzo |
| GIVEN NAMES | G |
| FAMILY NAME | Manzo |
| SIGNATURE | MANZO G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4905-2878 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 30 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 123 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 27 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
More on standards in sociology
We respond to five comments on our position statement, published on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the European Academy of Sociology, in which we proposed three principles for advancing disciplinary standards. Overall, the comments are broadly consistent with our position, primarily extending rather than challenging our main arguments. They constructively enrich the debate we sought to stimulate. The comments and our current response lea…
Standards in sociology
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Antecedents of generative thinking in analytical sociology
Éthique et méthodes de recherche
Index
Causality
Statisticians and social and computer scientists tend to approach causality and causal inference with particular theories of causality in mind, and defend tools that are supposed to support causal claims from the point of view of that theory. This entry explains why theoretical and methodological pluralism with respect to causality can benefit causal inference. To this aim, we first discuss various understandings of the concept of causality, and …
Does analytical sociology practice what it preaches? An assessment of analytical sociology through the Merton award
The principles and the methods of analytical sociology have been under elaboration and critical discussion over the last twenty-five years. In this chapter, I synthetically reconstructed the progressive evolution of analytical sociology on a meta-theoretical level and showed that analytical sociology is currently predicated under various programs and sub-programs. Then, with the aim to assess what analytical sociology has delivered in practice so…
Research Handbook on Analytical Sociology
Halting Sars-CoV-2 by Targeting High-Contact Individuals
Network scientists have proposed that infectious diseases involving person-to-person transmission could be e ectively halted by interventions targeting a minority of highly connected individuals. Could this strategy be e ective in combating a virus partly transmitted in close-range contact, as many believe SARS-CoV-to be? E ectiveness critically depends on high between-person variability in the number of close-range contacts. We analyzed populati…
Agent-based models and methodological individualism
Cet article étudie la littérature sur le bien-fondé du lien entre les modèles à base d'agents artificiels et l'individualisme méthodologique. L'argument défendu est que ces analyses reposent sur une définition spécifique de l'individualisme méthodologique rendant ainsi les conclusions dépendantes de la définition retenue. L'article propose alors de considérer les modèles à base d'agents artificiels et l'individualisme méthodologique comme des « i…
Complex Contagions and the Diffusion of Innovations
Social Boundaries and Networks in the Diffusion of Innovations
B oudon, R aymond
The scientific production of Raymond Boudon (1934–2013) spanned many topics including social stratification, knowledge and morality, politics, methodology of social sciences, theory of action, and history of sociology and social thought. Beginning with some essential biographic information, this entry periodizes Boudon's scientific production and describes its main achievements. It shows that Boudon's works made important substantive and methodol…
Macrosociology-Microsociology
Recent Trends in Agent-based Computational Research
Heuristics, Interactions, and Status Hierarchies
Since Merton's classical analysis of cumulative advantage in science, it has been observed that status hierarchies display a sizable disconnect between actors' quality and rank and that they become increasingly asymmetric over time, without, however, turning into winner-take-all structures. In recent years, formal models of status hierarchies tried to account for these facts by combining two micro-level, counterbalancing mechanisms: 'social influ…
Analytical Sociology
"This book illustrates how analytical sociology is progressively refining its theoretical framework and how powerful this framework is in explaining a large array of social phenomena. The authors have collaborated to demonstrate how analytical sociology integrates formal models, computer simulations, laboratory experiments, and complex statistical analysis of large-scale datasets. This integration makes analytical sociology comparable to the meth…
Reason-based explanations and analytical sociology. A rejoinder to Boudon
The paper discusses Raymond Boudon's theory of ordinary rationality as well as his assessment of the so-called "analytical sociology". On the first point, the paper argues that, in order to combine the realism of an unconstrained conception of rationality with the ex-ante facto predictive power of the narrow version of rational choice theory, we should better understand the relation between potentially triggering events and the actor's "reasons".…
Potentialités et limites de la simulation multi-agents
Cet article a un objectif général, permettre au lecteur un survol des principaux thèmes théoriques et méthodologiques traversant les recherches relatives à, et fondées sur, la simulation multi-agents. Il a également un objectif spécifique : aider le lecteur à mieux comprendre les contributions qui constituent le numéro thématique que la Revue française de sociologie a voulu consacrer à cette méthode. Pour ce faire, il aborde les points suivants :…
Is rational choice theory still a rational choice of theory? A response to Opp
Authoritative rational choice theorists continue to argue that wide variants of rational choice theory should be regarded as the best starting-point to formulate theoretical hypotheses on the micro foundations of complex macro-level social dynamics. Building on recent writings on neo-classical rational choice theory, on behavioral economics and on cognitive psychology, the present article challenges this view and argues that: (1) neo-classical ra…
Reason-based explanations and analytical sociology
The paper discusses Raymond Boudon’s theory of ordinary rationality as well as his assessment of so-called “analytical sociology.” On the first point, the paper argues that, in order to combine the realism of an unconstrained conception of rationality with the ex-ante facto predictive power of the narrow version of rational choice theory, we should better understand the relation between potentially triggering events and the actor’s “reasons.” Heu…
Analytical Sociology and Social Mechanisms
Mechanisms are very much a part of social life. For example, we can see that inequality has tended to increase over time, and that cities can become segregated. But how do such mechanisms work? Analytical sociology is an influential approach to sociology which holds that explanations of social phenomena should focus on the social mechanisms that bring them about. This book evaluates the major features of this approach, focusing on the significanc…
Boudon's sketch for an autobiography - Raymond Boudon, La sociologie comme science, (Paris, La Découverte, 2010)
It is only in my short book published at La Découverte on Sociology as a Science that I had the feeling to be able to express in a clear and neat way the ideas that I started to elaborate forty years ago
Analytical Sociology and Its Critics
In reaction to the criticisms to which analytical sociology has been subject with increasing frequency, the article attempts an overall assessment of this research program by addressing the following questions: where does contemporary analytical sociology come from? what are the differences between the "old" and "new" analytical sociology? what does analytical sociology really consist of? do the critics of analytical sociology have good reasons t…
Variables, Mechanisms, and Simulations
This article offers a critical analysis of four contemporary sociological debates. Systematic analysis of the relevant literature suggests the existence of a project for reformulating the methodological foundations of empirical quantitative sociology. This reconstruction shows the emergence of the following idea: an alliance of variable analysis, mechanism methodology, and simulation techniques would be of great help in resolving some of the impa…
Analytical Sociology and Its Critics
In reaction to the criticisms to which analytical sociology has been subject with increasing frequency, the article attempts an overall assessment of this research program by addressing the following questions: where does contemporary analytical sociology come from? what are the differences between the "old" and "new" analytical sociology? what does analytical sociology really consist of? do the critics of analytical sociology have good reasons t…
Complex Contagions and the Diffusion of Innovations
Heuristics, Interactions, and Status Hierarchies
Since Merton's classical analysis of cumulative advantage in science, it has been observed that status hierarchies display a sizable disconnect between actors' quality and rank and that they become increasingly asymmetric over time, without, however, turning into winner-take-all structures. In recent years, formal models of status hierarchies tried to account for these facts by combining two micro-level, counterbalancing mechanisms: 'social influ…
Research Handbook on Analytical Sociology
Social Boundaries and Networks in the Diffusion of Innovations
Recent Trends in Agent-based Computational Research
Progrès et « urgence » de la modélisation en sociologie. du concept de « modèle générateur » et de sa mise en Œuvre
L'article propose une analyse critique du concept de « modèle » et de la place que celui-ci devrait occuper en sociologie. La première partie discute la possibilité et l'intérêt de concevoir l'activité de modélisation théorique comme construction systématique de « modèles générateurs ». La deuxième partie discute trois différents types de « modèles » (les « modèles statistiques », les « modèles informatiques », et les « modèles mathématiques »), …
Variables, Mechanisms, and Simulations
This article offers a critical analysis of four contemporary sociological debates. Systematic analysis of the relevant literature suggests the existence of a project for reformulating the methodological foundations of empirical quantitative sociology. This reconstruction shows the emergence of the following idea: an alliance of variable analysis, mechanism methodology, and simulation techniques would be of great help in resolving some of the impa…
Potentialités et limites de la simulation multi-agents
Cet article a un objectif général, permettre au lecteur un survol des principaux thèmes théoriques et méthodologiques traversant les recherches relatives à, et fondées sur, la simulation multi-agents. Il a également un objectif spécifique : aider le lecteur à mieux comprendre les contributions qui constituent le numéro thématique que la Revue française de sociologie a voulu consacrer à cette méthode. Pour ce faire, il aborde les points suivants :…
Reason-based explanations and analytical sociology
The paper discusses Raymond Boudon’s theory of ordinary rationality as well as his assessment of so-called “analytical sociology.” On the first point, the paper argues that, in order to combine the realism of an unconstrained conception of rationality with the ex-ante facto predictive power of the narrow version of rational choice theory, we should better understand the relation between potentially triggering events and the actor’s “reasons.” Heu…
Variables, mécanismes et simulations
L’article présente une analyse critique de quatre débats sociologiques contemporains. L’analyse systématique de cette littérature suggère l’existence d’un projet de reformulation des fondements méthodologiques de la sociologie empirique quantitative. Notre reconstruction montre l’émergence de l’idée suivante : afin de résoudre certaines impasses de la socio-logie empirique quantitative « standard », une alliance entre l’analyse par variables, la …
Antecedents of generative thinking in analytical sociology
Agent-based models and methodological individualism
Cet article étudie la littérature sur le bien-fondé du lien entre les modèles à base d'agents artificiels et l'individualisme méthodologique. L'argument défendu est que ces analyses reposent sur une définition spécifique de l'individualisme méthodologique rendant ainsi les conclusions dépendantes de la définition retenue. L'article propose alors de considérer les modèles à base d'agents artificiels et l'individualisme méthodologique comme des « i…
Le modèle du choix éducatif interdépendant
A theoretical model is presented that aims to explain the generative mechanisms of educational stratification. The rational educational choice of the Ego is supposed to be influenced by the choices of others. The model explores various forms of direct and indirect interdependent choices between actors. In order to demonstrate the empirical consequences, use is made of an artificial society built upon a "multi agents" computational approach. The d…
Actions, interactions and structure in the emergence of educational stratification
L'article présente un modèle générateur de la stratification sociale des diplômes qui tâche de décomposer analytiquement l'émergence de celle-ci en termes de choix individuels, d'interactions directes et indirectes entre eux et de contraintes structurelles qui pèsent sur les acteurs. Le modèle proposé s'inspire de la classe de modèles dits « des choix discrets avec externalités » et se propose de raffiner par là l'une des théorisations les plus c…
Variables, mécanismes et simulations
L’article présente une analyse critique de quatre débats sociologiques contemporains. L’analyse systématique de cette littérature suggère l’existence d’un projet de reformulation des fondements méthodologiques de la sociologie empirique quantitative. Notre reconstruction montre l’émergence de l’idée suivante : afin de résoudre certaines impasses de la socio-logie empirique quantitative « standard », une alliance entre l’analyse par variables, la …
Actions, interactions and structure in the emergence of educational stratification
L'article présente un modèle générateur de la stratification sociale des diplômes qui tâche de décomposer analytiquement l'émergence de celle-ci en termes de choix individuels, d'interactions directes et indirectes entre eux et de contraintes structurelles qui pèsent sur les acteurs. Le modèle proposé s'inspire de la classe de modèles dits « des choix discrets avec externalités » et se propose de raffiner par là l'une des théorisations les plus c…
Variables, Mechanisms, and Simulations
This article offers a critical analysis of four contemporary sociological debates. Systematic analysis of the relevant literature suggests the existence of a project for reformulating the methodological foundations of empirical quantitative sociology. This reconstruction shows the emergence of the following idea: an alliance of variable analysis, mechanism methodology, and simulation techniques would be of great help in resolving some of the impa…
Progrès et « urgence » de la modélisation en sociologie. du concept de « modèle générateur » et de sa mise en Œuvre
L'article propose une analyse critique du concept de « modèle » et de la place que celui-ci devrait occuper en sociologie. La première partie discute la possibilité et l'intérêt de concevoir l'activité de modélisation théorique comme construction systématique de « modèles générateurs ». La deuxième partie discute trois différents types de « modèles » (les « modèles statistiques », les « modèles informatiques », et les « modèles mathématiques »), …
Le modèle du choix éducatif interdépendant
A theoretical model is presented that aims to explain the generative mechanisms of educational stratification. The rational educational choice of the Ego is supposed to be influenced by the choices of others. The model explores various forms of direct and indirect interdependent choices between actors. In order to demonstrate the empirical consequences, use is made of an artificial society built upon a "multi agents" computational approach. The d…
Towards an Analytical Understanding of Terrorism - About Domenico Tosini, Terrorismo e antiterrorismo nel XXI secolo (Bari, Laterza Universale, 2007)
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Analytical Sociology and Its Critics
In reaction to the criticisms to which analytical sociology has been subject with increasing frequency, the article attempts an overall assessment of this research program by addressing the following questions: where does contemporary analytical sociology come from? what are the differences between the "old" and "new" analytical sociology? what does analytical sociology really consist of? do the critics of analytical sociology have good reasons t…
Analytical Sociology and Social Mechanisms
Mechanisms are very much a part of social life. For example, we can see that inequality has tended to increase over time, and that cities can become segregated. But how do such mechanisms work? Analytical sociology is an influential approach to sociology which holds that explanations of social phenomena should focus on the social mechanisms that bring them about. This book evaluates the major features of this approach, focusing on the significanc…
Boudon's sketch for an autobiography - Raymond Boudon, La sociologie comme science, (Paris, La Découverte, 2010)
It is only in my short book published at La Découverte on Sociology as a Science that I had the feeling to be able to express in a clear and neat way the ideas that I started to elaborate forty years ago
Reason-based explanations and analytical sociology
The paper discusses Raymond Boudon’s theory of ordinary rationality as well as his assessment of so-called “analytical sociology.” On the first point, the paper argues that, in order to combine the realism of an unconstrained conception of rationality with the ex-ante facto predictive power of the narrow version of rational choice theory, we should better understand the relation between potentially triggering events and the actor’s “reasons.” Heu…
Is rational choice theory still a rational choice of theory? A response to Opp
Authoritative rational choice theorists continue to argue that wide variants of rational choice theory should be regarded as the best starting-point to formulate theoretical hypotheses on the micro foundations of complex macro-level social dynamics. Building on recent writings on neo-classical rational choice theory, on behavioral economics and on cognitive psychology, the present article challenges this view and argues that: (1) neo-classical ra…
Analytical Sociology
"This book illustrates how analytical sociology is progressively refining its theoretical framework and how powerful this framework is in explaining a large array of social phenomena. The authors have collaborated to demonstrate how analytical sociology integrates formal models, computer simulations, laboratory experiments, and complex statistical analysis of large-scale datasets. This integration makes analytical sociology comparable to the meth…
Reason-based explanations and analytical sociology. A rejoinder to Boudon
The paper discusses Raymond Boudon's theory of ordinary rationality as well as his assessment of the so-called "analytical sociology". On the first point, the paper argues that, in order to combine the realism of an unconstrained conception of rationality with the ex-ante facto predictive power of the narrow version of rational choice theory, we should better understand the relation between potentially triggering events and the actor's "reasons".…
Potentialités et limites de la simulation multi-agents
Cet article a un objectif général, permettre au lecteur un survol des principaux thèmes théoriques et méthodologiques traversant les recherches relatives à, et fondées sur, la simulation multi-agents. Il a également un objectif spécifique : aider le lecteur à mieux comprendre les contributions qui constituent le numéro thématique que la Revue française de sociologie a voulu consacrer à cette méthode. Pour ce faire, il aborde les points suivants :…
Macrosociology-Microsociology
Recent Trends in Agent-based Computational Research
Heuristics, Interactions, and Status Hierarchies
Since Merton's classical analysis of cumulative advantage in science, it has been observed that status hierarchies display a sizable disconnect between actors' quality and rank and that they become increasingly asymmetric over time, without, however, turning into winner-take-all structures. In recent years, formal models of status hierarchies tried to account for these facts by combining two micro-level, counterbalancing mechanisms: 'social influ…
B oudon, R aymond
The scientific production of Raymond Boudon (1934–2013) spanned many topics including social stratification, knowledge and morality, politics, methodology of social sciences, theory of action, and history of sociology and social thought. Beginning with some essential biographic information, this entry periodizes Boudon's scientific production and describes its main achievements. It shows that Boudon's works made important substantive and methodol…
Complex Contagions and the Diffusion of Innovations
Social Boundaries and Networks in the Diffusion of Innovations
Halting Sars-CoV-2 by Targeting High-Contact Individuals
Network scientists have proposed that infectious diseases involving person-to-person transmission could be e ectively halted by interventions targeting a minority of highly connected individuals. Could this strategy be e ective in combating a virus partly transmitted in close-range contact, as many believe SARS-CoV-to be? E ectiveness critically depends on high between-person variability in the number of close-range contacts. We analyzed populati…
Agent-based models and methodological individualism
Cet article étudie la littérature sur le bien-fondé du lien entre les modèles à base d'agents artificiels et l'individualisme méthodologique. L'argument défendu est que ces analyses reposent sur une définition spécifique de l'individualisme méthodologique rendant ainsi les conclusions dépendantes de la définition retenue. L'article propose alors de considérer les modèles à base d'agents artificiels et l'individualisme méthodologique comme des « i…
Index
Causality
Statisticians and social and computer scientists tend to approach causality and causal inference with particular theories of causality in mind, and defend tools that are supposed to support causal claims from the point of view of that theory. This entry explains why theoretical and methodological pluralism with respect to causality can benefit causal inference. To this aim, we first discuss various understandings of the concept of causality, and …
Does analytical sociology practice what it preaches? An assessment of analytical sociology through the Merton award
The principles and the methods of analytical sociology have been under elaboration and critical discussion over the last twenty-five years. In this chapter, I synthetically reconstructed the progressive evolution of analytical sociology on a meta-theoretical level and showed that analytical sociology is currently predicated under various programs and sub-programs. Then, with the aim to assess what analytical sociology has delivered in practice so…
Sociology (18 works) · Philosophy (17 works) · Epistemology (15 works) · Computer Science (12 works) · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (9 works) · Humanities (9 works) · Social science (9 works) · Economics (8 works) · Critical Realism in Sociology (6 works) · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (6 works)