Theories of Social Order - A Reader, Second Edition

Zusatztext "The second edition of this remarkable innovative text is closely aligned to what many of us believe is the most important development in 21st century social science, namely, a growing consensus that effective theories are those that specify mechanisms to account for phenomena to be explained." Informationen zum Autor Michael Hechter is Foundation Professor of Global Studies at Arizona State University. Christine Horne is Associate Professor of Sociology at Washington State University. Klappentext This newly expanded and reorganized collection of readings provides a compelling exploration of what arguably remains the single most important problem in social theory: the problem of social order. Zusammenfassung This newly expanded and reorganized collection of readings provides a compelling exploration of what arguably remains the single most important problem in social theory: the problem of social order.

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• Authors: Michael (EDT)/ Horne Hechter, Michael Horne Hechter
• Assisted by: Michael Hechter (Editor), Christine Horne (Editor)
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.04.2009
• EAN: 9780804758727
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-5872-7
• No. of pages: 368
• Series: Stanford Social Sciences
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories