124 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
124 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
124 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book examines the contributions made by Talcott Parsons to sociology over the course of a career spanning half a century. Summarizing the development of Parsons’ thought, it shows how his work on the conceptualization of the social world via the unifying structure of four functions—adaptation, goal-attainment, integration, and latent pattern maintenance (or AGIL)—can further the goal of... Read more
1. Talcott Parsons: Setting the Stage
2. The Structure of Social Action
3. Functionalism and AGIL
4. Four Essays
5. Recent Applications of Parsons’ Thought: A Selection of Cases
Biography
James J. Chriss is a professor in the Department of Criminology and Sociology at Cleveland State University. He earned his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1994. His main areas of interest are social control, law and society, policing, and criminological and sociological theory. His latest book is Social Control: An Introduction, 3rd ed. (2022).
