GENERATING NARRATIVE FORMS

Authors
FARARO TJ
Citation
Tj. Fararo, GENERATING NARRATIVE FORMS, The Journal of mathematical sociology, 18(2-3), 1993, pp. 153-181
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Sociology,"Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods","Mathematical, Methods, Social Sciences
Journal title
The Journal of mathematical sociology → ACNP
ISSN journal
0022250X
Volume
18
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
153 - 181
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-250X(1993)18:2-3<153:GNF>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
Sociology requires not only formal descriptions of action sequences an d complexes, but also their explanation. Narratives are like kinematic forms that should be derived, or generated, from dynamic theoretical models. This paper explains this idea and illustrates it with examples from exchange theory in sociology.