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The Theory and Scholarship of Talcott Parsons to 1951: A Critical Commentary
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The authors Unravelling Talcott Parsons' theoretical development: 1. Talcott Parsons: the roots of his thought: 2. The Amherst papers Part III. Convergence and its construction Part IV. The Social System Part V. Conclusion Appendix List of references Indexes.Abstract:
Preface Part I. Unravelling Talcott Parsons' theoretical development: 1. Introduction Part II. Talcott Parsons: the roots of his thought: 2. Talcott Parsons in relation to the thought of his time 3. The Amherst papers Part III. The Development of Theory: 4. Maz Weber and the vision of a unified social science 5. The position and prospects of sociology at Harvard in the 1930s 6. Convergence and its construction Part IV. The Theory: 7. Conceptualising The Social System 8. Developing The Social System 9. Formulating The Social System 10. The Social System Part V. Parsons' Theory as it Stood at 1951: 11. Conclusion Appendix List of references Indexes.read more
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