Microeconomics, Social Sciences, Sociology 

This book is divided into three parts. Part 1 provides a general background for what follows; it includes both a discussion of the substantive importance of dynamic analyses is sociology and a review of models and methods previously used by sociologists interested in the empirical study of social dynamics. Part 2 contains eight chapters on models and methods for analyzing change in qualitative outcomes; it concentrates mainly on methods based on analyses of event-history data. Part 3 contains six chapters on comparable models and methods for analyzing change in quantitative outcomes; it focuses primarily on methods based on analysis of panel data. Key Features* Clarifies and develops models and methods for causal analysis of dynamic social processes* Formulates continuous-time models of change in both quantitative and qualitative outcomes* Develops suitable methods for estimating these models from the kinds of data commonly available to sociologists* Develops a stochastic framework for analyzing both qualitative and quantitative outcomes* Alters the way that sociologists think about the empirical study of social change processes - from Amzon