Working Papers in the Theory of Action

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Working Papers in the Theory of Action is a collection of essays by sociologist Talcott Parsons that further develops his influential structural–functional theory of social action.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
essay collection
about institutional structures
norms and values in social action
social roles
academicDiscipline social theory
sociology
aimsTo further develop Parsons' structural–functional theory of social action
author Talcott Parsons NERFINISHED
buildsOn The Structure of Social Action NERFINISHED
contributor Edward A. Shils NERFINISHED
Robert F. Bales NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
describes Parsons' theory of action
pattern variables
role theory
social systems
fieldOfStudy social action
social systems theory
genre sociology
hasAuthor Talcott Parsons NERFINISHED
hasInfluenceOn 20th-century sociological theory
role theory in sociology
systems theory in sociology
hasPart collection of essays
influencedBy Alfred Marshall NERFINISHED
Max Weber NERFINISHED
Vilfredo Pareto NERFINISHED
Émile Durkheim NERFINISHED
intendedAudience social scientists
sociologists
language English
mainSubject sociological theory
structural functionalism
theory of social action
publicationDecade 1950s
publisher Free Press NERFINISHED
theoreticalFramework action theory
structural functionalism

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Talcott Parsons notableWork Working Papers in the Theory of Action