ISBN:
0415060559
,
9780203992951
,
9780415060554
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (404 p)
Edition:
2nd ed
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Routledge sociology classics
Parallel Title:
Print version Social System
DDC:
301
Keywords:
Sociology
;
Social systems
Abstract:
Written by a pioneer in the field of sociological theory, whose first work, "The Structure of Social Action", was a controversial and influential text when published in 1937, this book presents more recent advances in the author's work on the theory of action
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Preface to the new edition; Bibliography of Talcott Parsons; I The Action Frame of Reference and the General Theory of Action Systems: Culture, Personality and the Place of Social Systems; II The Major Points of Reference and Structural Components of the Social System; III The Structure of the Social System, I: The Organization of the Components into Sub-Systems; IV The Structure of the Social System, II: Invariant Points of Reference for the Structural Differentiation and Variation of Societies
Description / Table of Contents:
V The Structure of the Social System, III: Empirical Differentiation and Variation in the Structure of SocietiesVI The Learning of Social Role-Expectations and the Mechanisms of Socialization of Motivation; VII Deviant Behavior and the Mechanisms of Social Control; VIII Belief Systems and the Social System: The Problem of the "Role of Ideas"; IX Expressive Symbols and the Social System: The Communication of Affect; X Social Structure and Dynamic Process: The Case of Modern Medical Practice; XI The Processes of Change of Social Systems
Description / Table of Contents:
XII Conclusion: The Place of Sociological Theory Among the Analytical Sciences of ActionIndex;
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index -- "Bibliography of Talcott Parsons": p. xlvi-lxii
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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