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New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers, 2001. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 9" X 6". xxiv, 282pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of pictorial paper wraps. Sunning to spine. Gentle bump to top corner of text block. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: This new edition introduces the social science audiences of a new century to one of the classic highlights of the mid-twentieth century. This is the most general statement of the general theory of action as it was developed by its principle exponent, Talcott Parsons, and his close collaborators who formed the core of the fabled department of social relations at Harvard University. Toward a General Theory of Action is an extremely ambitious formulation of the ingredients, dimensions, and ranges that determine human behavior. Parsons and Shils enunciate principles that are at the core of contemporary social science preoccupations-including the precarious balance between social integration and conflict.…
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Toward a General Theory of Action: Theoretical Foundations for the Social Sciences Paperback - 2001
by Talcott Parsons; Introduction by Neil J. Smelser; Edward A. Shils
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- Title Toward a General Theory of Action: Theoretical Foundations for the Social Sciences
- Author Talcott Parsons; Introduction by Neil J. Smelser; Edward A. Shils
- Binding Paperback
- Edition ABR
- Pages 306
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Routledge, Somerset, New Jersey, U.S.A
- Date 2001-01-31
- Features Index
- ISBN 9780765807182 / 0765807181
- Weight 1.02 lbs (0.46 kg)
- Dimensions 9.06 x 6 x 0.89 in (23.01 x 15.24 x 2.26 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Functionalism (Social sciences), Social systems
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 00055200
- Dewey Decimal Code 301
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- Reference and Research Bk News, 08/01/2001, Page 120
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