Sociology and the New Systems Theory

Toward a Theoretical Synthesis

von Kenneth D. Bailey

372 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This book provides current information about the many recent contributions of social systems theory. While some sociologists feel that the systems age ended with functionalism, in reality a number of recent developments have occurred within the field. The author makes these developments accessible to sociologists and other non-systems scholars, and begins a synthesis of the burgeoning systems field and mainstream sociological theory. The analysis shows not only that important points of rapprochement exist between systems theory and sociological theory, but also that systems theory has in some cases anticipated developments needed in mainstream theory.

• Reihe: SUNY Press
• ISBN: 9780791417430
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 18.01.1994
• Größe: 229 x 153 mm
• Verlag: State University of New York Press