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Social Action Systems

Author : Thomas J. Fararo
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313074119
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Social Action Systems written by Thomas J. Fararo and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2001-09-30 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fararo studies general theoretical sociology as a time-extended tradition with three phases: classical, postclassical, and recent. Employing a process philosophical approach, the author seeks to examine these three phases in an effort to provide a synthesis of the theories that seek to lay the foundations of theoretical sociology. The author especially focuses on the work of Talcott Parsons and George Homans, two contemporary theorists whose common aspiration was to forge a theoretical foundation for sociology that would serve to unify and integrate all theories growing out of sociological research in much the same way that the theory of evolution guides and integrates all other biological theories. To begin, the author provides a history and overview of the key classical theoretical frameworks from the perspective of process philosophy, which he applies to all three phases of the study. Fararo then carefully analyzes two major postclassical bodies of general theory, namely the evolving and intertwined frameworks of Parsons and Homans from their early theories of social systems to their later divergent perspectives on foundation and synthesis in sociological theory. Finally, the discussion turns to the recent phase of general theoretical sociology, where more recent foundation strategies -- rational choice theory and generative structuralism -- are analyzed in relation to the postclassical phase of the tradition. This important and sophisticated new work is essential for all those interested in sociological theory in particular and sociology in general.

The Social System

Author : Talcott Parsons
Publisher : Hassell Street Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 606 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Social System written by Talcott Parsons and published by Hassell Street Press. This book was released on 1951 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Regarded as one of the most influential works in the field of sociology, this book provides a comprehensive framework for understanding the social world. The author dissects the complex interplay between social structures, cultural patterns, and individual behavior, and presents a nuanced view of society as a constantly evolving system. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Social Systems and the Evolution of Action Theory

Author : Talcott Parsons
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Social Systems and the Evolution of Action Theory written by Talcott Parsons and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

After Parsons

Author : Renee C. Fox
Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
ISBN 13 : 1610442156
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book After Parsons written by Renee C. Fox and published by Russell Sage Foundation. This book was released on 2005-08-25 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Esteemed twentieth-century sociologist Talcott Parsons sought to develop a comprehensive and coherent scheme for sociology that could be applied to every society and historical epoch, and address every aspect of human social organization and culture. His theory of social action has exerted enormous influence across a wide range of social science disciplines. After Parsons, edited by Renée Fox, Victor Lidz, and Harold Bershady, provides a critical reexamination of Parsons' theory in light of historical changes in the world and advances in sociological thought since his death. After Parsons is a fresh examination of Parsons' theoretical undertaking, its significance for social scientific thought, and its implications for present-day empirical research. The book is divided into four parts: Social Institutions and Social Processes; Societal Community and Modernization; Sociology and Culture; and the Human Condition. The chapters deal with Parsons' notions of societal community, societal evolution, and modernization and modernity. After Parsons addresses major themes of enduring relevance, including social differentiation and cultural diversity, social solidarity, universalism and particularism, and trust and affect in social life. The contributors explore these topics in a wide range of social institutions—family and kinship, economy, polity, the law, medicine, art, and religion—and within the context of contemporary developments such as globalization, the power of the United States as an "empireless empire," the emergence of forms of fundamentalism, the upsurge of racial, tribal, and ethnic conflicts, and the increasing occurence of deterministic and positivistic thought. Rather than simply celebrating Parsons and his accomplishments, the contributors to After Parsons rethink and reformulate his ideas to place them on more solid foundations, extend their scope, and strengthen their empirical insights. After Parsons constitutes the work of a distinguished roster of American and European sociologists who find Parsons' theory of action a valuable resource for addressing contemporary issues in sociological theory. All of the essays in this volume take elements of Parsons' theory and critique, adapt, refine, or extend them to gain fresh purchase on problems that confront sociologists today.

Structure of Social Action 2ed V1

Author : Talcott Parsons
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 556 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Structure of Social Action 2ed V1 written by Talcott Parsons and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Simon & Schuster, Talcott Parsons' The Structure of Social Action is a study in social theory with special reference to a group of recent European writers from the 20th century. Volume 1 of The Structure of Social Action is a must-read for those looking to understand Parsons' thinking of sociology and economics.

The Systems Work of Social Change

Author : Cynthia Rayner
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198857454
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (988 download)

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Download or read book The Systems Work of Social Change written by Cynthia Rayner and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The issues of poverty, inequality, racial injustice, and climate change have never been more pressing or paralyzing. Current approaches to social change, which rely on linear thinking and traditional power dynamics to 'solve' social problems, are not helping. In fact, they may only beentrenching the status quo.Systemic social challenges produce bewildering results when we try to solve them due to their complexity, scale, and depth. While strategies to tackle complexity and scale have received significant attention and investment, challenges that arise from deeply-held beliefs, values, and assumptions thatno longer serve us well have been largely overlooked. This book draws on stories of committed social changemakers to uncover a set of principles and practices for social change that dramatically depart from the industrial approach. Rather than delivering solutions or being lured by grander visionsof 'systems change', these principles and practices focus on the process of change itself. Simple yet profound, these stories distil a timely set of lessons for leaders, scholars, and policymakers on how connection, context, and power sit at the heart of the change process, ensuring broader agencyfor people and communities while building social systems that are responsive in a rapidly-changing world.

The Structure of Social Action

Author : Talcott Parsons
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 844 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Structure of Social Action written by Talcott Parsons and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Systematic Thinking for Social Action

Author : Alice M. Rivlin
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
ISBN 13 : 9780815720584
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (25 download)

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Download or read book Systematic Thinking for Social Action written by Alice M. Rivlin and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 1971-07-01 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can we identify who benefits from government programs aimed at solving our social problem and who pays for them? With so many problems, how can we allocate scarce funds to promote the maximum well-being of our citizens? In this book, originally presented as the third series of H. Rowan Gaither Lectures in Systems Science at the University of California (Berkeley). Alice M. Rivlin examines the contributions that systematic analysis has made to decisionmaking in the government's "social action" programs—education, health, manpower training, and income maintenance. Drawing on her own experience in government, Mrs. Rivlin indicates where the analysts have been helpful in finding solutions and where—because of inadequate data or methods—they have been no help at all. Mrs. Rivlin concludes by urging the widespread implementation of social experimentation and acceptability by the federal government. The first in such a way as to permit valid conclusions about their effectiveness; the second would encourage the adoption of better ways of delivering services by making those who administer programs responsive to their clients. Underlying both is the requirement from comprehensive, reliable performance measures.

The Social System

Author : Talcott Parsons
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 0415060559
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book The Social System written by Talcott Parsons and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together, in systematic and generalized form, the main outlines of a conceptual scheme for the analysis of the structure and processes of social systems. It carries out Pareto's intention by using the "structural-functional" level of analysis.

Systems Theory for Social Work and the Helping Professions

Author : Werner Schirmer
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429663986
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (296 download)

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Book Synopsis Systems Theory for Social Work and the Helping Professions by : Werner Schirmer

Download or read book Systems Theory for Social Work and the Helping Professions written by Werner Schirmer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-21 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social systems occur in many contexts of social work. This book provides an easy-to-read introduction to systems thinking for social workers who will encounter social problems in their professional practice or academic research. It offers new insights and fresh perspectives on this familiar topic and invites creative, critical, and empathetic thinking with a systems perspective. Through introducing systems theory as a problem-oriented approach for dealing with complex interpersonal relations and social systems, this book provides a framework for studying social relations. The authors present a strand of systems theory (inspired by sociologist Niklas Luhmann) that offers innovative, surprising, and practically relevant understandings of everyday social life, inclusion/exclusion, social problems, interventions, and society in general. Systems Theory for Social Work and the Helping Professions should be considered essential reading for all social work students taking modules on sociology and social policy as well as students of nursing, medicine, counselling, and occupational health and therapy.

The Theory and Scholarship of Talcott Parsons to 1951

Author : Bruce C. Wearne
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521370035
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (213 download)

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Download or read book The Theory and Scholarship of Talcott Parsons to 1951 written by Bruce C. Wearne and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bruce C. Wearne's detailed examination of Talcott Parsons' development as a scholar of social theory.

Social Structure & Person

Author : Talcott Parsons
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439138303
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Social Structure & Person written by Talcott Parsons and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-05-11 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 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.

Purpose, Meaning, and Action

Author : K. McClelland
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137108096
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (371 download)

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Download or read book Purpose, Meaning, and Action written by K. McClelland and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-09-23 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Control Systems Theory, a newly developing theoretical perspective, starts from an important insight into human behaviour: that people attempt to control the world around them as they perceive it. This book brings together for the first time the work of prominent sociologists contributing to the development of this wideranging theoretical paradigm.

The Structure of Social Action

Author : Talcott Parsons
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book The Structure of Social Action written by Talcott Parsons and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Theories of Talcott Parsons

Author : Stephen P. Savage
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349069698
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book The Theories of Talcott Parsons written by Stephen P. Savage and published by Springer. This book was released on 1981-01-01 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The System of Modern Societies

Author : Talcott Parsons
Publisher : Prentice Hall
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The System of Modern Societies written by Talcott Parsons and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 1971 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the base from which modern societies developed.

How Small Social Systems Work

Author : Yair Neuman
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030822389
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book How Small Social Systems Work written by Yair Neuman and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-08-24 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most of us are intuitively familiar with small social systems, such as families and soccer teams. Surprisingly, though, most of us are unaware of how complex these systems are or of the fact that they have a unique character distinguishing them from both populations and individuals. The current manuscript, which emerged from high-level scientific publications on the subject, aims to bridge this gap in our understanding of small social systems. The book aims to explain, illustrate, and model the unique and fascinating nature of small (social) systems by relying on deep scientific foundations and by using examples from sport, movies, music, and the martial arts. To support its friendly exposition of challenging scientific ideas, the book also discusses entertaining questions such as (1) why inviting your mother-in-law to dinner might be a challenging event, for reasons you have never considered; (2) why soccer teams should be messy in order to win; (3) why Nazis are deeply wrong in their understanding of the importance of entropy; and (4) why “panda fighters” failed in the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship). "How Small Systems Work is a welcome book, which sheds light on a branch of mathematics overlooked by scholars: how networks store information. Focusing on small systems, the book asks fundamental questions, providing the tools (and the examples) for answering them –with fun. Neuman analyses, with plenty of humor, the dynamics of a family of cats, the pleasure of listening to jazz, and the science behind football championships, while uncovering hidden gems in the history of cinema” Dr. Mario Alemi, author of “The Amazing Journey of Reason: from DNA to Artificial Intelligence”