A Neo-Functionalist Synthesis of Theories in Family Sociology

by Don Swenson

This work constructs a Neo-functionalist theoretical framework that is built on Parsionian sociological theory with updated reflections through Neo-functionalism with a reliance on the sociological theorist, Jeffrey Alexander. The author outlines how theory is used, presents Parsons' theory of the family, critiques it, and with Neo-functionalist insights, creates the theoretical framework. Thereafter, using Boss et. al's and White and Klein's overviews...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773462716
• ISBN13: 9780773462717
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
• Length: 451 Pages