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

Calhoun, Craig

 
9780521113168: Structures of Power and Constraint: Papers in Honor of Peter M. Blau
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0521113164 ISBN 13 : 9780521113168
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2009

Synopsis

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? How are themes of power and constraint to be joined in a common analytic approach? These have long been central questions for sociologists. since the collapse of functionalism as a unifying paradigm, however they have often appeared as the basis for sharp divisions between competing analytic paradigms. The divide between structuralism and rational-choice theory has been one of the most prominent such splits. Yet each approach has undergone a revival in past years. The editors of this book, in honour of Peter Blau, 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 and concepts of strategic action in sociological explanation.

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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? How are themes of power and constraint to be joined in a common analytic approach? These have long been central questions for sociologists. since the collapse of functionalism as a unifying paradigm, however they have often appeared as the basis for sharp divisions between competing analytic paradigms. The divide between structuralism and rational-choice theory has been one of the most prominent such splits. Yet each approach has undergone a revival in past years. The editors of this book, in honour of Peter Blau, 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 and concepts of strategic action in sociological explanation.

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521113164
ISBN 13 
9780521113168
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
508
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9780521365987: Structures of Power and Constraint: Papers in Honor of Peter M. Blau

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ISBN 10 :  0521365988 ISBN 13 :  9780521365987
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1990
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