Reference groups and the theory of revolution / John Urry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Urry, John, author.

Series:

Routledge revivals.

Routledge revivals

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Revolutions.

Reference groups.

Radicalism--Indonesia.

Radicalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 p.)

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

First published in 1973, this is a reissue of John Urry's important and influential study of the theory of revolution. Part 1 offers a detailed discussion of the concept of the reference group, tracing its development from the symbolic interactionist tradition and then showing how it came to be used in ways which emasculated some of the suppositions of that tradition. Part 2 sets out a theory of revolutionary dissent, in which Dr Urry emphasizes the interconnection between analyses on the level of the social structure and the social actor. The final section dem

Contents:

pt. 1. Symbolic interactionism and the reference group concept

pt. 2. Reference groups in the study of dissent

pt. 3. The sociology of Indonesian dissent.

Notes:

"First published in 1973 by Routledge & Kegan Paul"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-72100-2

0-203-81627-7

1-136-72101-0

9780203816271

OCLC:

847134423