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We. describe each game's rules and emergent properties, and then offer a brief theoriza tion of the social world through the "lens " of that game. Then we show how a study of the three games advances the sociology of strategy by enriching ideas about skill, position, and strategic dilemma.
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Jan 1, 2017 · This article presents a relatively straightforward theoretical framework about distributive justice with applications. It draws on a few key concepts of Sociological Game Theory (SGT).
Sep 2, 2010 · In this article, we examine three games—chess, go, and (Texas hold ‘em) poker—for sociological insights into contested social arenas such as markets, warfare, politics, and the professions. We describe each game's rules and emergent properties, and then offer a brief theorization of the social world through the “lens” of that game.
For this outline, I focus on two sentations. The social game creates game time, game space, and classi cations: the distinction of games-for-fun and social games, leads to game outcomes....
game theory has much to offer sociology, in particular the analysis of social conflict and social organization. To realize "the great potential" of game theory in this regard, it is suggested that sociologists make use of two-person zero-sum games - but even more so of the concept of
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Aug 2, 2021 · This article presents two sociological theories, alternatives to classical game theory. These social science-based game theories discussed here present reformulations of classical game...
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In order to provide some background to this type of argument we go through some of the landmark studies in game theory and comment on these from a sociological perspective. particular we try to see how these handle social interaction and the relationship game theory to empirical reality.
