This book offers an interdisciplinary framework for explaining social change through sufficient causes and causal mechanisms. Against the tendency to multiply variables and correlations, it identifies the processes that connect initial conditions to observable outcomes. It presents 48 mechanisms, from individual action to institutions, and organizes them into conceptual frameworks for building middle-range theories of power, community, capitalism and institutional transformation.
University of Florence, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-3809-3455
Book Title
Meccanismi causali e cambiamento sociale
Book Subtitle
Un framework interdisciplinare
Authors
Nicolò Bellanca
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
240
Publication Year
2026
Copyright Information
© 2026 Author(s)
Content License
Metadata License
Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-1122-2
ISBN Print
979-12-215-1121-5
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-1122-2
Series Title
Studi e saggi
Series ISSN
2704-6478
Series E-ISSN
2704-5919