Institutions and Social Conflict

by Jack Knight and Jack Knight

Book Overview

Many of the fundamental questions in social science entail an examination of the role played by social institutions. Why do we have so many social institutions? Why do they take one form in one society and quite different ones in others? In what ways do these institutions develop? When and why do they change? Institutions and Social Conflict addresses these questions in two ways. First it offers a thorough critique of a wide range of theories of institutional...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521421896
• ISBN13: 9780521421898
• Release Date: October 1992
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"