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Sociological Miniaturism: Seeing the Big Through the Small in Social Psychology
Author(s)Stolte, John F.; Fine, Gary Alan; Cook, Karen S.
AbstractThe distinctive contribution of sociological social psychology can be referred to as sociological miniaturism, a way of interpreting social processes and institutions that is microsociological more than it is psychological. We argue that social psychology of this variety permits the examination of large-scale social issues by means of investigation of small-scale social situations. The power of this approach to social life is that it permits recognition of the dense texture of everyday life, permits sociologists to understand more fully a substantive domain, and permits interpretive control. In the chapter we provide examples of this approach from two quite distinct theoretical orientations: symbolic interactionism and social exchange theory. We discuss the ways in which the study of two substantive topics, social power and collective identity, using these perspectives can be informed by closer collaboration between theorists within sociological social psychology.
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Pages387-413
ArticleAccess to Article
SourceAnnual Review of Sociology
VolumeNo27
PubDateAugust 2001
ISBN_ISSN0360-0572

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