Causation and functionalism in sociology / by Wsevolod W. Isajiw.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Isajiw, Wsevolod W., author.

Series:

International library of sociology.

International Library of Sociology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology.

Causation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 p.)

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Contents:

Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; PREFACE; I INTRODUCTION; General Statement of the Causal Problem in Functionalism; Meaning of Causality; Aim, Procedure and Definition of Functionalism; The Problem of Scientific Explanation in Sociology; II PRODUCTIVE CAUSALITY IN FUNCTIONALISM; The Problem of Productive Causality in Parsons' Critique of Max Weber; 'Intercausality' in Functionalism; Productively Causal Characteristics in Functionalism; Logical Formulation of the Principle of Productive Causality; III TELECAUSALITY IN FUNCTIONALISM

Critique of Merton's Distinction Between the Manifest and the Latent FunctionsCritique of Merton's Definition of the Concept of Function; The Concept of Function: Its Significance in the Social System Model; Relation to the Future: Model of a Self-Regulating System as Explanatory Device; Telecausal Characteristics in Functionalism; Formulation of the Principle of Telecausality; The Question of Teleology in Functionalist Literature; IV TALCOTT PARSONS' MEANS-ENDS SCHEMA OF FUNCTIONAL EXPLANATION; System-System Interaction Analysis: Parsons' Macrofunctionalism

Ego-Alter Interaction Analysis: Parsons' MicrofunctionalismV THE EXPLANATORY IMPORT OF FUNCTIONALISM; The Explanatory Value of Functionalism; George C. Homans' Critique of Functionalism; The Use of Organismic Model; Evaluation of the Common Objections to Telecausality; The Question of Reduction of Telecausality to Productive Causality: Ernest Nagel's Argument; NOTES; APPENDIX I; APPENDIX II; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

First published in 1968 by Routledge.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 15, 2016).

ISBN:

1-134-55274-2

0-415-60495-8

1-315-88869-6

1-134-55267-X

9781315888699

OCLC:

559338229