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Social Theory and Social Structure

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Social Theory and Social Structure was a landmark publication in sociology by Robert K. Merton. It has been translated into close to 20 languages and is one of the most frequently cited texts in social sciences. It was first published in 1949, although revised editions of 1957 and 1968 are often cited. In 1998 the International Sociological Association listed this work as the third most important sociological book of the 20th century. The book introduced many important concepts in sociology, like: manifest and latent functions and dysfunctions, obliteration by incorporation, reference groups, self-fulfilling prophecy, middle-range theory and others.

Author(s): Robert K. Merton
Edition: Enlarged
Publisher: The Free Press / Collier MacMillan
Year: 1968

Language: English
Pages: 719
City: New York; London
Tags: Sociology; Social Structure; Sociology of Knowledge; Mass-media

pt. 1. On theoretical sociology.
On the history and systematics of sociological theory --
On sociological theories of the middle range --
Manifest and latent functions --
The bearing of sociological theory on empirical research --
The bearing of empirical research on sociological theory --

pt. 2. Studies in social and cultural structure.
Introduction --
Social structure and anomie --
Continuities in the theory of social structure and anomie --
Bureaucratic structure and personality --
Role of the intellectual in public bureaucracy --
Contributions to the theory of reference group behavior / with Alice S. Rossi --
Continuities in the theory of reference groups and social structure --
Patterns of influence: local and cosmopolitan influentials --
The self-fulfilling prophecy --

pt. 3. The sociology of knowledge and mass communications.
Introduction --
The sociology of knowledge --
Karl Mannheim and the sociology of knowledge --
Studies in radio and film propaganda / with Paul F. Lazarsfeld --

pt. 4. Studies in the sociology of science.
Introduction --
Science and the social order --
Science and democratic social structure --
The machine, the worker, and the engineer --
Puritanism, pietism, and science --
Science and economy of 17th century England.