Description |
lviii, 259 p. 23 cm. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Parsons and Simmel at Harvard : scientific paradigms and organizational culture / Lawrence T. Nichols -- Place of Max Weber in the post-Structure writings of Talcott Parsons / William J. Buxton and David Rehorick -- Elias and Parsons : two transformations of the problem-historical method / Bruce C. Wearne -- Parson's second project : the social system-- sources, development, and limitations / Bernard Barber -- Social systems and complexity theory / Bryan S. Turner -- Can functionalism be saved? / Jonathan H. Turner -- Networks and systems / Stephan Fuchs -- Language and the "family" of generalized symbolic media / Victor Lidz -- Parson's analysis of the societal community / Uta Gerhardt -- Empirical sociological theory and the resolution of normative dilemmas / Mark Gould. |
Subject |
Parsons, Talcott, 1902-1979.
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Sociology -- United States -- History.
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Sociology -- Methodology.
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Added Author |
Treviņo, A. Javier, 1958-
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ISBN |
0742509583 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0742509575 (alk. paper) |
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