1st Edition
From Generation to Generation Age Groups and Social Structure
By S. N. Eisenstadt
Copyright 1956
358 Pages
by
Routledge
358 Pages
by
Routledge
344 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1998. This is Volume IX of the fifteen in the Sociology of Gender and the Family series and explores age groups and social structure from generation to generation. The purpose of this book is to analyze the various social phenomena known as age groups, youth movements, etc., and to ascertain whether it is possible to specify the social conditions under which they arise or the... Read more
Chapter 1 Age Groups and Social Structure: The Problem; Chapter 2 Some Types of Age Groups; Chapter 3 Age Groups in Nonkinship (Universalistic) Societies; Chapter 4 Specialization and the Structure of Age Groups; Chapter 5 Age Groups in Familistic Societies; Chapter 6 The Functions of Age Groups in the Social System;
Biography
Professor S N Eisenstadt (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
