Structures of Power and Constraint: Papers in Honor of Peter M. Blau - Brossura

Calhoun, Craig

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0521113164 ISBN 13: 9780521113168

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Riassunto

This book discusses the question: are social structures products of human action, expressions of individual or group power?

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Descrizione del libro

Are social structures products of human action, expressions of individual or group power? Or are they essentially external constraints on human action, necessarily analyzed at a different level? The editors of this book brought together a wide range of distinguished sociologists who have taken positions on different sides of this issue and brings them into focus as parts of a common discourse on the place of social structure.

Contenuti

Preface; Introduction Craig Calhoun and W. Richard Scott; Epistolary notes Robert K. Merton; Part I. Exchange, Power and Inequality: 1. Rational-choice theory and behavioral psychology George C. Homans; 2. Rational action, social networks and the emergence of norms James S. Coleman; 3. Linking actors and structures: an exchange network perspective Karen Cook; 4. Models of social and market exchange: toward a sociological theory of games and social behavior Tom R. Burns; 5. Family and birth-order effects on educational attainment Otis Dudley Duncan; Part II. Formal Organization: 6. The Weberian tradition in organizational research Marshall W. Meyer; 7. Structural inconsistency and management strategy in organizations Stanley H. Udy Jr; 8. Organizational demography and structural change in the Roman Catholic church Richard Schoenherr and Lawrence A. Young; 9. The technocratic organization of academic work Wolf Heydebrand; 10. The organizational and structural context of employee assistance programs Terry C. Blum; Part III. 11. Penetrating differentiation: linking macro and micro phenomena Joseph E. Schwartz; 12. Social structure and intermarriage: a reanalysis John Svoretz; 13. Network diversity, substructures and opportunities for contact Peter v. Marsden; 14. Kinds of relations in American discussion networks Ronald S. Burt; 15. Social control and social networks: a model from Georg Simmel Ronald L. Breiger; Bibliography of the writings of Peter M. Blau; Index.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0521113164
• ISBN 13: 9780521113168
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 508
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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