Society in Action

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Excerpt from Society in Action: A Study of Basic Social ProcessesSociety in Action is intended to provide an over all analysis of human society as a dynamic entity, not only in terms of its structures, but, especially, in terms of its operational aspects - that is, its func tions, processes, and relations - and the factors in volved in typical and recurrent social situations. Mere descriptions of the more obvious or the more conventionally treated parts or aspects of human society do not provide the thorough understanding of its nature and operation that is theoretically possible or practically desirable today. Nor can this understanding be obtained from an examination of society as a static thing. A treatment which restricts itself to social change, social institutions, the community, or the ecological, cultural, or social psychological approaches and overemphasizes cer tain features at the expense of others is also unlikely to provide such understanding. These approaches have their merits, but they are partial - and in some measure deceptive.This analysis is concerned mainly with modern Western society, although there are some references to other societies for purposes of comparison. The social sciences have, of course, a considerable body of postulates of universal application, but no single study can competently review them or make all the special and scientifically essential qualifications. We do, however, need to know as best we can What our present, ¿uid, dynamic Western society is like and how it works.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.