Talcott Parsons ; with a new preface by Bryan S. Turner.
New ed.
London :
Routledge,
1991.
1 online resource (lxii, 575 pages)
Routledge sociology classics
"Bibliography of Talcott Parsons": pages xlvi-lxii.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ch. 1. The action frame of reference and the general theory of action systems : culture, personality and the place of social systems -- ch. 2. The major points of reference and structural components of the social system -- ch. 3. The structure of the social system, I : the organization of the components into sub-systems -- ch. 4. The structure of the social system, II : invariant points of reference for the structural differentiation and variation of societies -- ch. 5. The structure of the social system, III : empirical differentiation and variation in the structure of societies -- ch. 6. The learning of social role-expectations and the mechanisms of socialization of motivation -- ch. 7. Deviant behavior and the mechanisms of social control -- ch. 8. Belief systems and the social system : the problem of the "role of ideas" -- ch. 9. Expressive symbols and the social system : the communication of affect -- ch. 10. Social structure and dynamic process : the case of modern medical practice -- ch. 11. The processes of change of social systems -- ch. 12. Conclusion : the place of sociological theory among the analytical sciences of action.