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The Social System

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The Social System book

The Social System

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The Social System book

ByParsons Talcott
Edition 2nd Edition
First Published 1991
eBook Published 7 March 1991
Pub. Location London
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203992951
Pages 636
eBook ISBN 9780203992951
Subjects Arts
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Talcott, P. (1991). The Social System (2nd ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203992951

ABSTRACT

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.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter I|21 pages

The Action Frame of Reference and the General Theory of Action Systems: Culture, Personality and the Place of Social Systems

chapter II|44 pages

The Major Points of Reference and Structural Components of the Social System

chapter III|45 pages

The Structure of the Social System, I: The Organization of the Components into Sub-Systems

chapter IV|38 pages

The Structure of the Social System, II: Invariant Points of Reference for the Structural Differentiation and Variation of Societies

chapter V|50 pages

The Structure of the Social System, III: Empirical Differentiation and Variation in the Structure of Societies

chapter VI|48 pages

The Learning of Social Role-Expectations and the Mechanisms of Socialization of Motivation

chapter VII|77 pages

Deviant Behavior and the Mechanisms of Social Control

chapter VIII|58 pages

Belief Systems and the Social System: The Problem of the "Role of Ideas"

chapter IX|44 pages

Expressive Symbols and the Social System: The Communication of Affect

chapter X|52 pages

Social Structure and Dynamic Process: The Case of Modern Medical Practice

chapter XI|56 pages

The Processes of Change of Social Systems

chapter XII|20 pages

Conclusion: The Place of Sociological Theory Among the Analytical Sciences of Action

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