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The social system

Title
The social system / Talcott Parsons.
Author
Parsons, Talcott, 1902-1979.
Publication
Glencoe, Ill., Free Press [1951]

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Description
575 pages; 22 cm
Summary
An analysis of social systems using Pareto's approach.
Subject
  • Social systems
  • Sociology
  • Sociology
  • sociology
  • Social systems
  • Soziales System
  • Soziologie
  • Strukturell-funktionale Theorie
  • Sociologie
  • Système sociale
  • Systèmes sociaux
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The action frame of reference and the general theory of action systems: culture, personality and the place of social systems -- The major points of reference and structural components of the social system -- The structure of the social system, I: the organization of the components into sub-systems -- The structure of the social system, II: invariant points of reference for the structural differentiation and variation of societies -- The structure of the social system, III: empirical differentiation and variation in the structure of societies -- The learning of social role-expectations and the mechanisms of socialization of motivation -- Deviant behavior and the mechanisms of social control -- Belief systems and the social system: the problem of the "role of ideas" -- Expressive symbols and the social system: the communication of affect -- Social structure and dynamic process: the case of modern medical practice -- The processes of change of social systems -- Conclusion: the place of sociological theory among the analytical sciences of action.
ISBN
  • 0710019319
  • 9780710019318
LCCN
51013850
OCLC
  • ocm00253779
  • 253779
  • SCSB-108473
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library