American Society - A Theory of the Societal Community

Zusatztext "This book demonstrates how Parsons attempted to develop a framework applicable to concrete situations. ? [American Society] helps remind readers how Parsonian structural functional can be used to illuminate how social crisis can be overcome. Recommended."-CHOICE Informationen zum Autor Parsons, Talcott; Sciortino, Giuseppe Klappentext Renowned sociologist Talcott Parsons's last major project, a masterly work that lives up to its billing as 'a general book on American society'. Zusammenfassung Renowned sociologist Talcott Parsons's last major project, a masterly work that lives up to its billing as 'a general book on American society'. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface, by Giuseppe Sciortino, Foreword, by Jeffrey C. Alexander, Introduction: The Action of Social Structure, by Giuseppe Sciortino, Chapter 1 Introduction, Chapter 2 The Societal Community and Its Environments, Chapter 3 Some Highlights of the Historical Background, Chapter 4 Values and Other Structural Features of the Societal Community, Chapter 5 Some Substantive Structures of the Emerging Societal Community, Chapter 6 Social Class as Axis of Cleavage-Integration, Chapter 7 The Gemeinschaft Complex in American Society I: Ethnicity, Chapter 8 The Gemeinschaft Complex II: Kinship, Religion, Style of Life, Education, Chapter 9 Communication and Collective Decision Making: The Mass Media and the Political Process (Three Fragments), Chapter 10 Individuality and Institutionalized Individualism, Notes, Bibliography, Index, About the Editor

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jeffrey C. Alexander, Talcott Parsons, Talcott/ Sciortino Parsons, Giuseppe Sciortino, Sciortino Giuseppe
• Editore: Paradigm Publishing
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.05.2007
• EAN: 9781594512278
• ISBN: 978-1-59451-227-8
• Pagine: 524
• Dimensioni: 165 mm x 235 mm x 38 mm
• Serie: The Yale Cultural Sociology Series; The Yale Cultural Sociology Series
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, United States of America, USA, Sociology & anthropology, Sociology and anthropology