1773612
9780070112254
[The authors] have tried to make this a book students will want to read as well as a book from which they will learn about the best of contemporary and classical sociology.... The concepts of functional integration, power, social action, social structure, and culture are presented as major tools of sociological work.--Pref.Calhoun is the author of 'Understanding Sociology', published 1994 under ISBN 9780070112254 and ISBN 0070112258.
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