Social Structure

ISBN-13: 9780415149464 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 156 str.

Charles Crothers;Charles Crothers

Opis

This volume argues for the importance of social structure, for analysis within the discipline of sociology. It presents an introduction to the idea of social structure, laying out the range of difficult issues which arise in analyzing social structure. It examines the meanings of the term, the history of its usage within sociology and looks at the more recent developments in thinking on social structure. It sketches a synoptic model for analyzing social structures showing how its disparate elements might each be studied using a toolkit of approaches and conceptual resources to analyze particular aspects of social structure.

Crothers's book provides a thorough introduction to the idea of social structure. He examines the meanings of the term, the history of its usage within sociology and looks at the more recent developments in thinking on social structure.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Uses of the Term ‘Social Structure’; Chapter 3 History of Social Structural Analysis; Chapter 4 Theoretical Issues Relating to Social Structure; Chapter 5 Dimensions of Social Structure; Chapter 6 Conclusions;

O autorze

Charles Crothers is Professor of Sociology at the University of Natal, Durban.