Social Structure

by Crothers,Charles

• ISBN13: 9780415149464
• ISBN10: 0415149460
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-12-04
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Social Structureargues for the importance of social structure to analysis within the discipline of sociology. The book provides a thorough 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 about 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.

Author Biography

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

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction: The Sociology of Social Structure	p. 1
Uses of the Term 'Social Structure'	p. 14
History of Social Structural Analysis	p. 31
Theoretical Issues Relating to Social Structure	p. 60
Dimensions of Social Structure: An Analytical Toolkit	p. 82
Conclusions	p. 126
Bibliography	p. 138
Index	p. 146
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