Mesostructure
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18928436 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J T Ulmer (0000-0003-2526-4590, Pennsylvania State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Pages | 1-3 |
| Publication date | 2017-09-22 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeosm084.pub2 |
| OpenAlex | W4237633359 |
| ISBN | 9781405165518 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 14 |
As the term itself suggests, mesostructure refers to the social processes and ordering that occur between the macro and micro levels of social organization. Mesostructure is the level of social analysis within which more macro structural or cultural arrangements shape and condition situations of interaction between individuals or groups, and within which the latter in turn maintain, modify, or change the former. Mesostructure also provides a perspective from which to study social organization and structure without compromising an emphasis on the importance of interaction process and human agency. Mesostructure therefore extends Herbert Blumer's insight that people collectively and individually act in situations, that situations are conditioned (though not determined) by larger social structures and processes, and that the latter and are produced and potentially changed by the former
Cognitive science · Epistemology · Macro · Political science · Social organization · Social relation · Social science · Social structure · Sociology · Structure and agency · Computer Science · Critical Realism in Sociology · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Artificial Intelligence
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