Social Theory and Social Structure

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Social Theory and Social Structure is a foundational sociological work by Robert K. Merton that systematizes key concepts such as middle-range theory, reference groups, and anomie, profoundly shaping modern sociological theory.

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instanceOf book
sociology book
author Robert K. Merton NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
describedAs classic of sociological theory
foundational work in sociology
field sociology
firstPublicationYear 1949
genre academic non-fiction
hasEdition 1957 edition
1968 enlarged edition
hasImpactOn empirical sociological research
theory-building in sociology
hasPart Studies in Social and Cultural Structure NERFINISHED
Studies in the Sociology of Knowledge NERFINISHED
Theoretical Sociology NERFINISHED
influenced anomie theory
deviance theory
modern sociological theory
reference group theory
role theory
sociology of knowledge
structural functionalism
theory of middle-range
influencedBy Max Weber NERFINISHED
Talcott Parsons NERFINISHED
Émile Durkheim NERFINISHED
language English
mainConcept anomie
bureaucratic structure
functional analysis
manifest and latent functions
middle-range theory
opportunity structure
reference group
role-set
self-fulfilling prophecy
sociological theory of deviance
sociology of knowledge
publisher Free Press NERFINISHED
structure collection of essays
topic social deviance
social norms
social roles
social stratification
social structure
social theory
sociological methodology
usedIn sociology curricula

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