Reintroducing Talcott Parsons, 9781032473611
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Parsons’ enduring sociological framework: understanding society’s vital functions and relevance.
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Reintroducing Talcott Parsons

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    116 pages

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    6 June 2025

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Summary

The Enduring Legacy: Reintroducing Talcott Parsons

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 understanding social phen…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781032473611
ISBN-10:1032473614
Series:Reintroducing...
Author:James J. Chriss
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:Routledge
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:116
Release Date:6 June 2025
Weight:390g
Dimensions:234mm x 156mm
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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