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Neofunctionalism
- Title
- Neofunctionalism / Jeffrey C. Alexander, editor.
- Publication
- Beverly Hills : Sage Publications, [1985]
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- Additional Authors
- Alexander, Jeffrey C., 1947-
- Description
- 240 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
- Summary
- Neofunctionalism is the first volume in the series Key Issues in Sociological Theory and takes account of the developments in functionalist theory over the last twenty years. Reconsidering the work of Parsons, Merton, Homans et al during the 1930s and 1940s, Alexander suggests that functionalism is more than just a set of concepts, methods, models or ideologies. He argues that it is a tradition, that it has emerged from recent critical reflection as more a broad intellectual tendency than a theory. The papers in this volume, all original contributions by scholars from different sociological backgrounds, exemplify these tendencies.
- Series Statement
- Key issues in sociological theory ; 1
- Uniform Title
- Key issues in sociological theory ; 1.
- Subject
- Parsons, Talcott, 1902-1979 > Criticism and interpretation
- Parsons, Talcott, 1902-1979
- Parsons, Talcott 1902-1979
- Parsons, Talcott (1902-1979) > Critique et interprétation > Recueils d'articles
- Parsons, Talcott
- Sociology > United States
- Functionalism (Social sciences)
- Sociology
- Funktionalismus
- Sozialwissenschaften
- Soziologie
- Soziologische Theorie
- Sociologie
- Functionalisme
- Syakaigaku
- Sociologie > Etats-Unis > Recueils d'articles
- United States
- USA
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Part I. Interpretation and Theoretical Boundaries: 1. The practical groundwork of critical theory: bringing Parsons to Habermas (and vice versa) / David Sciulli -- Prolegomena to any future theory of societal crisis / Mark Gould -- 3. Predicting technological innovation through a dialectic reinterpretation of the four-function paradigm / Ino Rossi -- Part II. Explanation and Social Change: 4. Systemic qualities and boundaries of societies: some theoretical considerations / S.N. Eisenstadt -- 5. Evaluating the model of structural differentiation in relation to educational change in the nineteenth century / Neil J. Smelser -- 6. Uneven structural differentiation: toward a comparative approach / Paul Colomy -- 7. Modernity and its discontents / Frank J. Lechner -- Part III. Politics and Responsibility: 8. Totalitarian and liberal democracy: two types of modern political orders / Jeffrey Prager -- 9. Beyond Parson's theory of the professions / Bernard Barber -- Commentary: Differentiation, consensus, and conflict: some comments on Smelser, Colomy, Lechner, and Barber / Richard Munch.
- ISBN
- 0803924968
- 9780803924963
- 0803924976
- 9780803924970
- LCCN
- 85008264
- OCLC
- ocm11971257
- 11971257
- SCSB-8787829
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library