In his landmark study of exchange and power in social life,
Peter M. Blau contributes to an understanding of social structure
by analyzing the social processes that govern the relations between
individuals and groups. The basic question that Blau considers is:
How does social life become organized into increasingly complex
structures of associations among humans.
This analysis, first published in 1964, represents a pioneering
contribution to the sociological literature. Blau uses concepts of
exchange, reciprocity, imbalance, and power to examine social life
and to derive the more complex processes in social structure from
the simpler ones. The principles of reciprocity and imbalance are
used to derive such processes as power, changes in group structure;
and the two major forces that govern the dynamics of complex social
structures: the legitimization of organizing authority of
increasing scope and the emergence of oppositions along different
lines producing conflict and change.
General
Imprint: |
Transaction Publishers
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
1986 |
First published: |
1986 |
Authors: |
Peter Blau
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 24mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
388 |
Edition: |
2nd edition |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-88738-628-2 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Sociology, social studies >
General
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LSN: |
0-88738-628-8 |
Barcode: |
9780887386282 |
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