Title: Constructing the social system /
Authors: Barber, Bernard.
Publisher: Transaction Publishers,
Year: 1993
Subjects: Social systems.; Social structure.
Contents: Introduction: Purpose and Organization -- Pt. I. A Brief Proposal for a Provisional and Substantive Theory and Model of the Social System -- 1. Neofunctionalism and the Theory of the Social System -- Pt. II. Society, Biology, and Physical Space -- 2. Place, Symbol, and Utilitarian Function in War Memorials -- 3. The Three Human Females: Biologic-Psychologic-Sociologic -- Pt. III. Social Structure -- 4. Participation and Mass Apathy in Associations -- 5. Bureaucratic Organization and the Volunteer -- 6. "Fashion" in Science -- 7. "Fashion" in Women's Clothes and the American Social System / Bernard Barber and Lyle S. Lobel -- 8. Family Status, Local-Community Status, and Social Stratification: Three Types of Social Ranking -- 9. Inequality and Occupational Prestige: Theory, Research, and Social Policy -- 10. Social Mobility in Hindu India -- 11. The Absolutization of the Market: Some Notes on How We Go from There to Here --^