| Description |
xiv, 187 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
The Arnold and Caroline Rose monograph series of the American Sociological Association |
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Arnold and Caroline Rose monograph series of the American Sociological Association.
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: List of figures and tables -- Preface -- Part I. Allegations, Definitions, and Illustrations: 1. A kindly critique of Kingsley Davis -- 2. The incest taboo: social selection as a form of feedback -- 3. Exemplary exercises in survivorship -- 4. The nature, determinants, and consequences of time-series processes -- Part II. Adaptive Structures and Social Processes: 5. Patterns of Adaptation -- 6. Processes, Simulations, and Investigations -- Part III. L'envoi: 7. Toward an integrated social science paradigm -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index |
| Analysis |
Sociology Functionalism |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 174-184 |
| Subject |
Functionalism (Social sciences)
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Social structure.
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| LC no. |
85030855 |
| ISBN |
0521326575 |
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