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1 online resource (265 pages). |
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International Library of Sociology
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International library of sociology.
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Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; PREFACE; I INTRODUCTION; General Statement of the Causal Problem in Functionalism; Meaning of Causality; Aim, Procedure and Definition of Functionalism; The Problem of Scientific Explanation in Sociology; II PRODUCTIVE CAUSALITY IN FUNCTIONALISM; The Problem of Productive Causality in Parsons' Critique of Max Weber; 'Intercausality' in Functionalism; Productively Causal Characteristics in Functionalism; Logical Formulation of the Principle of Productive Causality; III TELECAUSALITY IN FUNCTIONALISM. |
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Critique of Merton's Distinction Between the Manifest and the Latent FunctionsCritique of Merton's Definition of the Concept of Function; The Concept of Function: Its Significance in the Social System Model; Relation to the Future: Model of a Self-Regulating System as Explanatory Device; Telecausal Characteristics in Functionalism; Formulation of the Principle of Telecausality; The Question of Teleology in Functionalist Literature; IV TALCOTT PARSONS' MEANS-ENDS SCHEMA OF FUNCTIONAL EXPLANATION; System-System Interaction Analysis: Parsons' Macrofunctionalism. |
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Ego-Alter Interaction Analysis: Parsons' MicrofunctionalismV THE EXPLANATORY IMPORT OF FUNCTIONALISM; The Explanatory Value of Functionalism; George C. Homans' Critique of Functionalism; The Use of Organismic Model; Evaluation of the Common Objections to Telecausality; The Question of Reduction of Telecausality to Productive Causality: Ernest Nagel's Argument; NOTES; APPENDIX I; APPENDIX II; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX. |
| Summary |
First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Sociology.
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Sociology. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Isajiw, Wsevolod W. Causation and Functionalism in Sociology. Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, ©2013 9780415175005 |
| ISBN |
9781134552672 (electronic book) |
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113455267X (electronic book) |
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