Ideologies, Goals, and Values

?The directive and regulative systems of society operate through ideologies, values, and goals. Gross goes into considerable detail discussing the nature of values and goals, the structure of ideologies, and differences and similarities between these elements. In this extremely readable work, Gross views functioning human society in terms of three integrating systems: directing, regulating, and sustaining. These systems all function to achieve fundamental unification. The author uses many charts and graphs. There is a bibliography and an adequate index; documentation is extensive. ... Upper-division undergraduate, graduate, and sophisticated general readership.?-Choice

About the author

FELIKS GROSS is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the Graduate School and Brooklyn College, City University of New York, honorary president of CUNY Academy for Humanities and Sciences./e Professor Gross has published more than 14 books and numerous articles, primarily in political sociology.

Product details

• Authors: Feliks Gross, Gross Feliks
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.06.1985
• EAN: 9780837163772
• ISBN: 978-0-8371-6377-2
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; PHILOSOPHY / General, Social Theory, Philosophy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, Current Events and Issues