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Friedrichs, Juergen and Nonnenmacher, Alexandra (2014). Analyzing Social Contexts. Koln. Z. Soziol. Sozialpsych., 66. S. 1 - 17. WIESBADEN: SPRINGER VIEWEG-SPRINGER FACHMEDIEN WIESBADEN GMBH. ISSN 1861-891X

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Abstract

Individual behaviour is always embedded in social contexts such as networks, companies, neighbourhoods. They constitute a central condition to explain individual behaviour. We discuss major problems of context analysis. We first define context to then explore how contexts affect behaviour-the social mechanisms. We specify a multilevel model to demonstrate theoretical problems linking levels and the associated problems of adequate statistical modelling. An example is the explanation of individual behaviour by country level data. We then discuss cross pressures between contexts; here, we show how similar theoretical approaches of Simmel and Lazarsfeld are. Finally, we turn to two other problems of context analyses: non-linear effects and selection bias. We resume our arguments by suggesting a preliminary theory of contexts and strategies for future research.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Friedrichs, Juergen UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Nonnenmacher, Alexandra UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-431255
DOI:	10.1007/s11577-014-0260-y
Journal or Publication Title:	Koln. Z. Soziol. Sozialpsych.
Volume:	66
Page Range:	S. 1 - 17
Date:	2014
Publisher:	SPRINGER VIEWEG-SPRINGER FACHMEDIEN WIESBADEN GMBH
Place of Publication:	WIESBADEN
ISSN:	1861-891X
Language:	German
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language LIFE SATISFACTION; NEIGHBORHOOD; TRANSITION; CHILDHOOD Multiple languages Psychology, Social; Sociology Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/43125