Mecanismos causais na pesquisa sociológica
(programa da disciplina ofertada em 2014 e que será reformulado para oferta em
2015/2)
Marcelo Kunrath Silva
2 Créditos
1° Encontro - Apresentação do programa e organização das atividades
2º Encontro - Situando a discussão da disciplina no debate contemporâneo das
ciências sociais
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3º Encontro – Perspectivas sobre a explicação causal nas ciências sociais
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4º Encontro – O realismo causal
ARCHER, Margaret; BHASKAR, Roy; COLLIER, Andrew; LAWSON, Tony;
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5° Encontro – O realismo causal nas ciências sociais
BRANTE, Thomas. Consequências do realismo na construção da teoria sociológica.
Sociologia, Problemas e Práticas, n.36, Oeiras, set./2001.
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London, 2002.
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understanding. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006.
6º Encontro – Mecanismos Causais I
BENNETT, Andrew. Beyond Hempel and Back to Hume: Causal Mechanisms and
Causal Explanation. Presented at the American Political Science Association
Annual Conference, Philadelphia, August 28, 2003.
BENNET, Andrew; GEORGE, Alexander. Theoretical Explanation: From the
Deductive-Nomological Model to Causal Mechanisms. IN: BENNET, Andrew;
GEORGE, Alexander. Case Studies and Theory Development in the Social
Sciences. Massachusetts: MIT Press, 2005.
BUNGE, Mario. How does it work? – the search for explanatory mechanisms.
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Mechanisms. Philosophy of Science, Vol. 67, No. 1, pp. 1-25, March/2000.
MAHONEY, James. Tentative Answers to Questions about Causal Mechanisms. Paper
presented at the annual meetings of the American Political Science Association,
Philadelphia, PA, August 28, 2003.
7° Encontro - Mecanismos Causais II
GERRING, John. Causal Mechanisms: Yes, But… Comparative Political Studies
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HEDSTRÖM, Peter; SWEDBERG, Richard (eds.). Social mechanisms: an analytical
approach to social theory. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998.
HEDSTRÖM, Peter; YLIKOSKI, Petri. Causal Mechanisms in the Social Sciences.
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MAYNTZ, Renate. Mechanisms in the analysis of social macro-phenomena.
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REISS, Julian. Do we need mechanisms in the social sciences?. Philosophy of the social
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STEEL, Daniel. Social Mechanisms and Causal Inference. Philosophy of the Social
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8º Encontro - Process Tracing
BEACH, Derek; PEDERSEN, Rasmus. Observing Causal Mechanisms with Process
Tracing Methods: The Benefits of Using a Mechanism Understanding of
Causality. Paper Presented at the American Political Science Association
Annual Meeting, September, 2010.
BENNET, Andrew; CHECKEL, Jeffrey: Process Tracing: From Philosophical Roots to
Best Practices. Simon’s Papers in Security and Development, Nº 21, School for
International Studies, Simon Fraser University, 2012.
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CHECKEL, Jeffrey T.. It’s the Process Stupid!- Process Tracing in the Study of
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DELLA PORTA, Donatella; KEATING, Michael (eds.) Approaches and
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