Reintroducing Talcott Parsons
$88.35
- Paperback
116 pages
- Release Date
6 June 2025
Summary
Rediscovering Parsons: A Contemporary Look at a Sociological Pioneer
This book examines the contributions made by Talcott Parsons to sociology over the course of a career spanning half a century. Summarizing the development of Parsons’ thought, it shows how his work on the conceptualization of the social world via the unifying structure of four functions—adaptation, goal-attainment, integration, and latent pattern maintenance (or AGIL)—can further the goal of explanation and underst…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781032473604 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1032473606 |
| Series: | Reintroducing... |
| Author: | James J. Chriss |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 116 |
| Release Date: | 6 June 2025 |
| Weight: | 230g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
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About The Author
James J. Chriss
James J. Chriss is a professor in the Department of Criminology and Sociology at Cleveland State University. He earned his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1994. His main areas of interest are social control, law and society, policing, and criminological and sociological theory. His latest book is Social Control: An Introduction, 3rd ed. (2022).
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