Macrosociology Past and Future
in Newsletter of the Comparative & Historical Section, American Sociological Association, (1995) 8: 1, 3, 4

Invariant Modeling

The article suggests that "Big Case Comparison" research in macrosociology is ontologically inadequate due to the a priori assumption that macro events are distinctive and coherent units of analysis (misplaced concreteness). Further, it has lost its appeal due to the disintegration of autonomous states/societies/cultures. This has led to a movement towards adopting of an ontology of relational realism (i.e. network perspective).