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Author: Hans Gerth
Publisher: New York : Harcourt, Brace
Published: 1953
Total Pages: 524
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKA synthesis of biology and psychology that examines man's institutional structures, and the interaction of the individual and society.
Author: Talcott Parsons
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2010-05-11
Total Pages: 392
ISBN-13: 1439138303
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Collection of essays which studies the theoretical problem of relationships between social structure and personality, and how these different relationships merit distinct treatment for particular purposes. Parsons concludes that in the larger picture, their interdependencies are so intimate that bringing them together in an interpretive synthesis is imperative if a balanced understanding of the complex as a whole is to be attained.
Author: Jeffrey C. Alexander
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2004-09-20
Total Pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9780520241374
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is an exploration of the creative work done by leading sociologists who were inspired by the scholarship of Neil Smelser.
Author: Erich Fromm
Publisher: ARK Paperbacks is
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 257
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: David Riesman
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Published: 1989
Total Pages: 315
ISBN-13: 9780300001938
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Arthur L. Stinchcombe
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1986-10-23
Total Pages: 391
ISBN-13: 0521325889
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection of essays on stratification, organization and the discipline of sociology.
Author: S.F. Nadel
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-11-05
Total Pages: 178
ISBN-13: 113655033X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe main feature of this book is a discussion of 'role analysis' and its relevance to social structure. Arguing that the role system of a society is the matrix of its social structure, the author presents a detailed theoretical analysis of the problems inherent in this approach. Chapters cover: · The problems of role analysis. · Conformity and deviance · The coherence of role systems · Degrees of abstraction · Structure, time and reality Originally published in 1957.
Author: Dan Geary
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2009-04-14
Total Pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9780520943445
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSociologist, social critic, and political radical C. Wright Mills (1916-1962) was one of the leading public intellectuals in twentieth century America. Offering an important new understanding of Mills and the times in which he lived, Radical Ambition challenges the captivating caricature that has prevailed of him as a lone rebel critic of 1950s complacency. Instead, it places Mills within broader trends in American politics, thought, and culture. Indeed, Daniel Geary reveals that Mills shared key assumptions about American society even with those liberal intellectuals who were his primary opponents. The book also sets Mills firmly within the history of American sociology and traces his political trajectory from committed supporter of the Old Left labor movement to influential herald of an international New Left. More than just a biography, Radical Ambition illuminates the career of a brilliant thinker whose life and works illustrate both the promise and the dilemmas of left-wing social thought in the United States.
Author: Colin Sumner
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780335097807
DOWNLOAD EBOOKColin Summer charts the rise and fall of a field of enquiry. He argues that the lack of recent "warfare over the terrain over the sociology of deviance is actually due to the fact that the combatants over the years, in their enthusiasm for the fight, have completely demolished the terrain...the terrain now resembles the Somme in 1918. It is barran, fruitless, full of empty trenches and craters, littered with unexploded mines and eerily silent. No one fights for hegemony over a dangerous graveyard. it is now time to drop arms and show respect for the dead". The first part of this extended obituary documents the formation of the field of sociology of deviance from its conception in the womb of Durkheim's social theory to its coming of age in late 1930s sociology. The second part examines the heyday of the field as a popular science and as a critique of social control in the 1960s. The final part analyzes its death at the hands of the post-1968 critics. Throughout, Colin Summer explores the theoretical matrix that held the sociology of deviance together and sets it in the context of culture, politics and social change.
Author: John P. Heinz
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2005-07-05
Total Pages: 397
ISBN-13: 0226325407
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOver the past several decades, the number of lawyers in large cities has doubled, women have entered the bar at an unprecedented rate, and the scale of firms has greatly expanded. This immense growth has transformed the nature and social structure of the legal profession. In the most comprehensive analysis of the urban bar to date, Urban Lawyers presents a compelling portrait of how these changes continue to shape the field of law today. Drawing on extensive interviews with Chicago lawyers, the authors demonstrate how developments in the profession have affected virtually every aspect of the work and careers of urban lawyers-their relationships with clients, job tenure and satisfaction, income, social and political values, networks of professional connections, and patterns of participation in the broader community. Yet despite the dramatic changes, much remains the same. Stratification of income and power based on gender, race, and religious background, for instance, still maintains inequality within the bar. The authors of Urban Lawyers conclude that organizational priorities will likely determine the future direction of the legal profession. And with this landmark study as their guide, readers will be able to make their own informed predictions.
