The Concept of Social Structure.

by Douglas V. Porpora

Porpora is concerned with the concept of social structure and with the relationship between social structure and the individual. He focuses on two different conceptions of social structure, the Durkheimian conception, which is the dominant way in which social structure is conceptualized by sociologists, and an alternative conception, based on a reading of Marx. The author discusses in depth the various aspects of these two divergent theories and shows...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313256462
• ISBN13: 9780313256462
• Release Date: October 1987
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"