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... Parsons's Structural Functionalism Over the course of his life , the most famous structural functionalist , Talcott Parsons , did a great deal of theoretical work . Important differences exist be- tween his early work and his later work ...
... Parsons's Structural Functionalism Over the course of his life , the most famous structural functionalist , Talcott Parsons , did a great deal of theoretical work . Important differences exist be- tween his early work and his later work ...
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... Parsons's action system . Figure 4.2 gives an outline of the major levels in Parsons's schema . The Action System Parsons obviously had a clear notion of levels of social analysis as well as their interrelationship . The hierarchical ...
... Parsons's action system . Figure 4.2 gives an outline of the major levels in Parsons's schema . The Action System Parsons obviously had a clear notion of levels of social analysis as well as their interrelationship . The hierarchical ...
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... Parsons's work , but at the minimum Parsons is to be lauded for including it as a part of his sociology , if for no other reason than that he anticipated the interest in sociobiology and the sociology of the body by some sociologists ...
... Parsons's work , but at the minimum Parsons is to be lauded for including it as a part of his sociology , if for no other reason than that he anticipated the interest in sociobiology and the sociology of the body by some sociologists ...
Contents
Classical Grand Theories | 13 |
Classical Theories of Everyday Life | 42 |
Contemporary Theoretical Portraits of the Social World 1755 | 75 |
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