Sociocultural Systems: Principles of Structure and Change

• Auteur principal: Frank W. Elwell (auth)
• Format: Électronique Chapitre de livre
• Langue: anglais
• Publié: Athabasca University Press 2013
• Sujets: functional analysis; culture; sociology; values
• Accès en ligne: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Macrosociology-the study of large-scale social structures and the fundamental principles of social organization-was the style of sociology practiced by the founders of the discipline. Today, the social theories of Karl Marx, Max Weber, Émile Durkheim, and Herbert Spencer (among others) are commonly...