Structure, Culture, and History Recent Issues in Social Theory

by Chew, Sing C.; Knottnerus, David J.; Bergesen, Albert; Chase-Dunn, Christopher; Cook, Karen D.; Crothers, Charles; Frank, Andre Gunder; Friedman, Jonathan; Gills, Barry K.; Knottnerus, J David; Hall, Peter M.; Hall, Thomas D.; W. McGinty, Patrick J.; Mode

• ISBN13: 9780847698363
• ISBN10: 084769836X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-10-16
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

This book offers the newest research developments and theory in the re-emerging field of structural analysis. The first section provides an overview and appraisal of the history and future of structural analysis. Subsequent sections focus on culture, historical processes, and macro-micro level interactions. The book's synthetic essays take a variety of forms dealing with structural levels of analysis, agency and structure, multidimensional views of social structure, and theory integration. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Author Biography

Sing C. Chew is professor and chairperson at Humboldt State University in Arcata, California. J. David Knottnerus is professor of sociology at Oklahoma State University.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Part I. Structural Analysis: Past, Present, and Future
History of Social Structural Analysis	3	(40)
Charles Crothers
Social Structure: The Future of a Concept	43	(20)
Douglas V. Porpora
Part II. Culture and Social Structure
How Are Structures Meaningful? Cultural Sociology and Theories of Structure	63	(22)
Lyn Spillman
Agency, Structure, and Deritualization: A Comparative Investigation of Extreme Disruptions of Social Order	85	(22)
J. David Knottnerus
Global Power, Hegemonic Decline, and Cultural Narratives	107	(18)
Albert J. Bergesen
Situating Hybridity: The Positional Logics of a Discourse	125	(26)
Jonathan Friedman
Part III. History and Social Structure
A Structural Theory of the Five Thousand Year World System	151	(26)
Barry K. Gills
Andre Gunder Frank
Evolutionary Pulsations in the World System	177	(20)
George Modelski
William R. Thompson
Paradigms Bridged: Institutional Materialism and World-Systemic Evolution	197	(20)
Christopher Chase-Dunn
Thomas D. Hall
Ecology in Command	217	(14)
Sing C. Chew
Applications of Elementary Theory to Social Structures of Antiquity	231	(26)
Brent Simpson
David Willer
Part IV. Micro and Macro Structures: Interactions and Organizations
Gender, Institutions, and Difference: The Continuing Importance of Social Structure in Understanding Gender Inequality in Organizations	257	(14)
Amy S. Wharton
Social Structure and Social Exchange	271	(32)
Joseph Whitmeyer
Karen S. Cook
Social Organizations across Space and Time: The Policy Process, Mesodomain Analysis, and Breadth of Perspective	303	(20)
Peter M. Hall
Patrick J. W. McGinty
Acts, Persons, Positions, and Institutions: Legitimating Multiple Objects and Compliance with Authority	323	(18)
Henry A. Walker
Larry Rogers
Morris Zelditch
Index	341	(2)
Contributor Affiliations	343