Neofunctionalism

by Jeffrey C. Alexander

Book Overview

Neofunctionalism is the first volume in the series Key Issues in Sociological Theory and takes account of the developments in functionalist theory over the last twenty years. Reconsidering the work of Parsons, Merton, Homans et al during the 1930s and 1940s, Alexander suggests that functionalism is more than just a set of concepts, methods, models or ideologies. He argues that it is a tradition, that it has emerged from recent critical reflection...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803924968
• ISBN13: 9780803924963
• Release Date: October 1985
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.