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This book brings together, in systematic and generalized form, the main outlines of a conceptual scheme for the analysis of the structure and processes of social systems. It carries out Pareto's intention by using the "structural-functional" level of analysis.
Chapter 1 I THE ACTION FRAME OF REFERENCE AND THE GENERAL THEORY OF ACTION SYSTEMS: CULTURE, PERSONALITY AND THE PLACE OF SOCIAL SYSTEMS; Chapter 2 II THE MAJOR POINTS OF REFERENCE AND STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS OF THE SOCIAL SYSTEM; Chapter 3 III THE STRUCTURE OF THE SOCIAL SYSTEM, I: THE ORGANIZATION OF THE COMPONENTS INTO SUB-SYSTEMS; Chapter 4 IV THE STRUCTURE OF THE SOCIAL SYSTEM, II: INVARIANT POINTS OF REFER ENCE FOR THE STRUCTURAL DIFFERENTIATION AND VARIATION OF SOCIETIES; Chapter 5 V THE STRUCTURE OF THE SOCIAL SYSTEM, III: EMPIRICAL DIFFERENTIATION AND VARIATION IN THE STRUCTURE OF SOCIETIES; Chapter 6 VI THE LEARNING OF SOCIAL ROLE-EXPECTATIONS AND THE MECHANISMS OF SOCIALIZATION OF MOTIVATION; Chapter 7 VII DEVIANT BEHAVIOR AND THE MECHANISMS OF SOCIAL CONTROL; Chapter 8 VIII BELIEF SYSTEMS AND THE SOCIAL SYSTEM: THE PROBLEM OF THE “ROLE OF IDEAS”; Chapter 9 IX EXPRESSIVE SYMBOLS AND THE SOCIAL SYSTEM: THE COMMUNICATION OF AFFECT; Chapter 10; Chapter 11 XI THE PROCESSES OF CHANGE OF SOCIAL SYSTEMS; Chapter 12 XII CONCLUSION: THE PLACE OF SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY AMONG THE ANALYTICAL SCIENCES OF ACTION; INDEX;
Biography
With a new preface on interpreting Parsons by Professor Bryan S. Turner, University of Essex.
