Theoretical Principles of Sociology, Volume 1 Macrodynamics /

In a general study of Sociological Theory, social processes are usually broken down into three tiers: macrodynamics (societies and large-scale institutions), microdynamics (interpersonal encounters), and mesodynamics (corporations, communities, smaller organizations). In this seminal work, the autho...

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Main Author: Turner, Jonathan H. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
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Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6228-7
Table of Contents:
  • Macrodynamics: First Steps in Developing a General Sociological Theory
  • Selection Pressures and the Evolution of the Macrodynamic Realm
  • Elemenary Principles on Macrodynamic Forces
  • The Dynamics of Institutional Domains
  • The Dynamics of Stratification Domains
  • The Dynamics of Stratification Systems
  • The Dynamics of Societal Systems
  • The Dynamics of Inter-Societal Systems
  • Principles of Macrodynamics
  • Microdynamics: Encounters at the Micro-level Realm of Reality
  • The Embedding of Encounters
  • Demographic and Ecological Dynamics of Encounters
  • Status Dynamics in Encounters
  • Role Dynamics in Encounters
  • Cultural Dynamics in Encounters
  • Motivational Dynamics in Encounters
  • Emotional Dynamics in Encounters
  • Principles of Microdynamics
  • Mesodynamics: The Meso-Level Realm of Reality
  • Micro-and Macro-Level Constrains under Mesodynamics
  • Corporate Unit Dynamics: Groups, Organizations, Communities
  • Corporate Unit Dynamics in Categoric-Unit Dynamics
  • Principles of Mesodynamics.