Introduction to Mathematical Sociology

by James Samuel Coleman

Hardcover

First published December 1, 1978

About the author

James Samuel Coleman was an American sociologist, theorist, and empirical researcher, based chiefly at the University of Chicago. He was elected president of the American Sociological Association. He studied the sociology of education and public policy, and was one of the earliest users of the term "social capital." His Foundations of Social Theory influenced sociological theory. His "The Adolescent Society" (1961) and "Coleman Report" (Equality of Educational Opportunity, 1966) were two of the most cited books in educational sociology. The landmark Coleman Report helped transform educational theory, reshape national education policies, and it influenced public and scholarly opinion regarding the role of schooling in determining equality and productivity in the United States.

Reviews

[Yisu Z. · Rating 5 out of 5]

开创性的作品，1964年Coleman就能想出那么多点子！"Although the complexity of social behavior is overwhelming, the problem which we set ourselves in research and theory are narrow and relatively simple. It is in such a situation that the less rich but more precise language of mathematics becomes a useful and very powerful tool" (pp.2) 他认为数学的力量在于其和社会结构之间的 isomorphism。