The advancement of social theory requires an analytical approach that systematically seeks to explicate the social mechanisms that generate and explain observed

This volume examines how generative mechanisms emerge in the social order and their consequences. It does so in the light of finding answers to the general ques

Mechanisms are very much a part of social life. For example, we can see that inequality has tended to increase over time, and that cities can become segregated.

Integration of disciplines, theories and research orientations has assumed a central role in criminological discourse yet it remains difficult to identify any c

Winner of the Harald Kaufmann Prize for Senior Researchers, 2018 This book examines the question of whether the process of European integration in research fund