Constructing the Social System
eBook - ePub

Constructing the Social System

  1. 504 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Constructing the Social System

About this book

Barber constructs a provisional, generalized, substantive theory of the social system, which he uses as the starting point and focus of his specialized researches. In this collection of his major writings in social system theory, Barber shows how he has used and developed such a framework over the last fifty years and demonstrates the application o

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half Title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication Page
  6. Contents Page
  7. Acknowledgments Page
  8. Introduction: Purpose and Organization Page
  9. Part I A Brief Proposal for a Provisional and Substantive Theory and Model of the Social System
  10. Part II Society, Biology, and Physical Space
  11. Part III Social Structure
  12. Part IV Cultural Structure
  13. Part V Personality
  14. Part VI Social Deviance
  15. Part VII Social Change
  16. Appendix: Complete Barber Bibliography
  17. Index