Table of Contents

Preface, by Giuseppe Sciortino, Foreword, by Jeffrey C. Alexander, Introduction: The Action of Social Structure, by Giuseppe Sciortino, Chapter 1 Introduction, Chapter 2 The Societal Community and Its Environments, Chapter 3 Some Highlights of the Historical Background, Chapter 4 Values and Other Structural Features of the Societal Community, Chapter 5 Some Substantive Structures of the Emerging Societal Community, Chapter 6 Social Class as Axis of Cleavage-Integration, Chapter 7 The Gemeinschaft Complex in American Society I: Ethnicity, Chapter 8 The Gemeinschaft Complex II: Kinship, Religion, Style of Life, Education, Chapter 9 Communication and Collective Decision Making: The Mass Media and the Political Process (Three Fragments), Chapter 10 Individuality and Institutionalized Individualism, Notes, Bibliography, Index, About the Editor

About the Author

Parsons, Talcott; Sciortino, Giuseppe

Reviews

“This book demonstrates how Parsons attempted to develop a framework applicable to concrete situations. … [American Society] helps remind readers how Parsonian structural functional can be used to illuminate how social crisis can be overcome. Recommended.”
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