Functionalist sociology
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Functionalist sociology
(Schools of thought in sociology / series editor, John Urry, 3)(An Elgar reference collection)
Edward Elgar, c1990
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  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
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  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
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  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
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  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
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  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
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  United Kingdom
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Includes bibliographies and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Functionalist Sociology presents ground-breaking statements that define core elements of the functionalist tradition. This volume covers the anthropological antecedents of functionalist sociology and highlights the debates over general and middle range theory, models and methods, science and ideology.
Table of Contents
CONTENTS:
Introduction: The Functionalist Tradition
Part I - Anthropological Antecedents.
Bronislaw Malinowski (1939), 'The Group and the Individual in
Functional Analysis'
A. R. Radcliffe-Brown (1935), 'On the Concept of Function in
Social Science'
Part II - Generalized Discourse
A. Metatheory and Middle-Range Theory
Talcott Parsons (1961), 'Comment on Llewellyn Gross's "Preface to a Metatheoretical Framework for Sociology"'
Talcott Parsons (1979-80), 'On Theory and Metatheory'
Robert K. Merton (1948), 'Discussion of Talcott Parson's "The Position of Sociological Theory"'
B. Theory and Ideology
Victor Lidz (1981), 'Conceptions of Value-Relevance and the Theory of Action'
C. Models and Method
Bernard Barber (1956), 'Structural-Functional Analysis: Some Problems and Misunderstandings'
Enno Schwanenberg (1971), 'The Two Problems of Order in Parsons' Theory: An Analysis from Within'
Harry C. Bredemeier (1955), 'The Methodology of Functionalism'
Part III - Selected Research Programmes
A. Sociology of Culture
Talcott Parsons (1979), 'Religious and Economic Symbolism in the
Western World'
Dean R. Gerstein (1981), 'Cultural Action and Heroin Addiction'
Robert K. Merton (1984), 'The Fallacy of the Latest Word: The Case of "Pietism and Science"'
B. Social Change
Jeffrey C. Alexander (1981), 'Revolution, Reaction, and Reform: The Change Theory of Parsons's Middle Period'
Francesca Cancian (1960), 'Functional Analysis of Change'
Wilbert E. Moore (1966), 'Global Sociology: The World as a Singular System'
C. Professions and Inequality
Bernard Barber (1963), 'Some Problems in the Sociology of the
Professions'
Kingsley Davis (1942), 'A Conceptual Analysis of Stratification'
Leon Mayhew (1968), 'Ascription in Modern Societies'
D. Political Sociology
Seymour Martin Lipset (1963), 'The Value Patterns of Democracy: A Case Study in Comparative Analysis'
Rainer C. Baum (1968), 'Values and Democracy in Imperial Germany'
David E. Apter (1958), 'A Comparative Method for the Study of Politics'
E. Family, Socialization and Personality
Philip E. Slater (1961), 'Parental Role Differentiation'
Chad Gordon (1968), 'Systemic Senses of Self'
Part IV - Functionalism's Future
Edward A. Tiryakian (1979/80), 'Post-Parsonian Sociology'
Name Index
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