ISBN:
9780511583469
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (509 pages)
Parallel Title:
Print version Runciman, W. G Treatise on Social Theory : The Methodology of Social Theory
DDC:
301
Keywords:
Sociology--Philosophy
Abstract:
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction: societies as subjects for science -- What are societies made of? -- The dimensions of social structure -- Roles and systacts -- Mobility of persons and roles -- Competitive selection and social evolution -- Inter-societal comparisons and principles of taxonomy -- Conclusion -- 2 Social relations -- The range of variation -- Standard roles and routine careers -- Functional differentiation and the accretion of power -- Ranks, distances and barriers -- Systactic identity and collective consciousness -- Pervasive roles and central institutions -- Conclusion -- 3 Social structure -- Stability and dissent -- Reproduction, polarization and compression -- Systactic patterns and modes of the distribution of power -- Contradictions and constraints -- Functional alternatives (1) -- Functional alternatives (2) -- Functional alternatives (3) -- Inter-societal relations -- Conclusion -- 4 Social evolution -- Processes of change -- Regressions and catastrophes -- Dead-ends and turning-points -- Rebellions, reforms and revolutions -- Test cases (1) -- Test cases (2) -- Test cases (3) -- Hegemony and decline -- Conclusion -- List of references -- Index
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