Talcott Parsons, Giuseppe Sciortino, Jeffrey C Alexander

American Society

A Theory of Societal Community

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Renowned sociologist Talcott Parsons's last major project, a masterly work that lives up to its billing as 'a general book on American society'.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 542
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 162mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 862g
• ISBN-13: 9781594512278
• ISBN-10: 1594512272
• Artikelnr.: 22199555

Autorenporträt

Parsons, Talcott; Sciortino, Giuseppe

Inhaltsangabe

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