Theory & Society Abstract The main aim of this article is to start a discussion of social pattern, a term that is commonly used in sociology but not specified or defined. The key question can be phrsociologicalconcept of social pattern may look like. A useful and theoretically solid concept of social pattern can in our view be constructed by basing it on Weber’s concept of social action. This means thatboththe behavior of the actorsandthe meaning these invest their behavior with must be taken into account. The article ends with a brief discussion of how to use the concept of social patterns in an effective way and what may endanger such a use.

1998. Cambridge University Press.

Rebecca Selberg

I am Associate Professor in Sociology at Linnaeus University and Associate Professor in Gender Studies at Lund University. I also work at Scania University Hospital and participate in the Swedish publ

In 2013 the Institute for Futures Studies arranged the 6th annual INAS-Conference in Stockholm. The conference was opened by Thomas Schelling, being interviewed by Richard Swedberg.

A conversation with Thomas Schelling part 3

www.iffs.se Thomas Schelling, an American economist and professor of foreign affairs who in 2005 was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his analyses of game-theory, is interv

A conversation with Thomas Schelling part 2

www.iffs.se Thomas Schelling, an American economist and professor of foreign affairs who in 2005 was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his analyses of game-theory, is interv

A conversation with Thomas Schelling part 1

www.iffs.se Thomas Schelling, an American economist and professor of foreign affairs who in 2005 was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his analyses of game-theory, is interv

Interview with Thomas Schelling

On the 7th of June, 2013 professor and Nobel Prize Winner Thomas Schelling came to visit Stockholm, Sweden and the Institute for Futures Studies in order inaugurate an international research conferenc

Here you will find documentation from some of our previous research seminars. November 29th 2013: Contexts and conditions of ethnic discrimination. Evidence from field-experiments in German housing mark by Katrin AusprungRead the blog post

The Frontiers of Sociology

2009. Brill. Table of Contents IntroductionPeter Hedström and Björn Wittrock: Frontiers of Sociology The legacy and frontiers of sociologyThe Emergence of Universalism: An Affirmative Genealogy Hans JoasTheThe Return to Values in Recent Sociological Theory Sociology and Political Science: Learning and Challenges Toward a New Comprehensive Social Science