Action Theory: Methodological Studies (Studies in the Theory of Action, 1)

By Helmut Staubmann and Staubmann

The volume explores the legacy of the general theory of action in order to exploit it for contemporary debates on the methodology of the social sciences. It includes the important but so far unpublished Parsons manuscript "The Sociology of Knowledge and the History of Ideas" and essays by Thomas Fararo (University of Pittsburgh): "On the Foundations of Action Theory"; Victor Lidz (Drexel University) and Harold Bershady (University of Pennsylvania): "Parsons' Tacit Metatheory"; Giuseppe Sciortino (Universit degli studi di Trento): "Toward a Structural Theory of Social Pluralism"; David Sciulli (Texas A&M University): "Reformulating Parsons' Theory for Comparative Research Today"; Helmut Staubmann (University of Innsbruck): "The Affective Structure of the Social World." Helmut Staubmann is professor at the Institute for Sociology at the Leopold-Franzens-University, Innsbruck (Austria).

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3825875024
• ISBN13: 9783825875022
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Lit Verlag
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 0.3" x 6.0"
• Grade Range: Grade 11 and higher