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Process-Oriented Micro-Macro-Analysis: Methodological Reflections on Elias and Bourdieu
Prozessorientierte Mikro-Makro-Analyse: ein methodologischer Vergleich von Elias und Bourdieu
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Abstract Both Norbert Elias and Pierre Bourdieu argue that both the research question and social theory should guide methodology and methods. Both theorists argue that any social theory should keep in mind the importance of macro-level structures; in micro-level interactions and social change. In order to fu... view more
Both Norbert Elias and Pierre Bourdieu argue that both the research question and social theory should guide methodology and methods. Both theorists argue that any social theory should keep in mind the importance of macro-level structures; in micro-level interactions and social change. In order to fully grasp patterns of social change, social scientists would require a complex causal processed-oriented micro-macro-analysis. Because in research practice, it is almost never possible to implement the full methodology, both Elias and Bourdieu used a short-cut by using a six-step methodology, consisting of (1) self-reflexivity and detachment; (2) an explaining of the theoretical perspective; (3) a reconstructing of the figuration’s/field’s socio-genesis; (4) a reconstructing of the micro-level; (5) a reconstructing of the macro-level; and (6) a theoretical synopsis. By using an example on local variation of economic practices, the paper illustrates this six-step methodology and concludes with further questions for future research.... view less
Keywords
Elias, N.; quantitative method; comparison of methods; historical analysis; macrosociology; social research; sociological theory; Bourdieu, P.; methodology; qualitative method; social process; urban sociology; economic sociology; microsociology; social change
Classification
Research Design
General Sociology, Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Sociology, Sociological Theories
Free Keywords
process-oriented sociology; relational sociology; micro sociology; macro sociology; historical methods; mixed methods
Document language
English
Publication Year
2017
Page/Pages
p. 43-74
Journal
Historical Social Research, 42 (2017) 4
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.42.2017.4.43-74
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed