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Herbert Spencer : a renewed appreciation.
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ISBN: 0803924267 Year: 1985 Publisher: Beverly Hills Sage

Theory building in sociology : assessing theoretical cumulation
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ISBN: 0803932782 0803932790 Year: 1989 Publisher: Newbury Park Sage

Human emotions : a sociological theory.
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ISBN: 9780415427821 9780415427814 0415427827 0415427819 9780203961278 0203961277 9781134089598 9781134089635 9781134089642 1134089643 1280918004 1425903967 9786610918003 Year: 2007 Publisher: London Routledge


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Theoretical Principles of Sociology, Volume 3 : Mesodynamics
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ISBN: 1441962204 9786613708359 1441962212 1280797967 1493900471 Year: 2012 Publisher: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,

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The meso-level realm of social reality is structured by corporate and categoric units, along with their respective cultures. Unlike the macro and micro realms of social reality, the meso-level does not reveal its own unique forces. Rather, the dynamics of meso-structures and cultures are driven by macro- and micro-level forces pushing on individual and collective actors as they build corporate units and develop parameters defining membership in particular social categories.


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Theoretical Principles of Sociology, Volume 2 : Microdynamics
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ISBN: 1441962247 1441962255 1299196802 Year: 2010 Publisher: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,

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Micro-level dynamics revolve around face-to-face interactions among individuals. What occurs within encounters is constrained by their embedding with corporate and categoric units and, by extension, institutional domains, stratification systems, community networks, societies, and inter-societal systems. In this Handbook, the author explores the effect of microdynamics on these larger social systems.


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Macrodynamics
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ISBN: 1441962271 144196228X 1299196810 Year: 2010 Publisher: New York : Springer,

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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 author pulls these separate areas of research into one comprehensive general theory of social reality. More than analytical distinctions or research terminology, the author demonstrates that the social world actually unfolds along these three (macro, micro, and meso) levels of interaction. By developing a set of explanatory, testable, repeatable principles, the author creates a general empirical framework for sociological research. The three volumes of Principles of Sociology explore each level of social dynamics individually, with cross-references to bring the three together. This work will be essential for researchers in Sociological Theory and Social Psychology. Individual volumes will present new research of interest for researchers in Race and Ethnicity, Stratification, Demography, Political Sociology, Organizations and Community Movements, Motivation and Emotions. In this volume, the editor specifically focusses on macro-level dynamics and their impact on social interaction. Macro-level dynamics drive the formation of large-scale structures and their cultures.


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Societal stratification : a theoretical analysis.
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ISBN: 0231057415 Year: 1984 Publisher: New York Columbia university press

On the origins of human emotions : a sociological inquiry into the evolution of human affect.
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ISBN: 0804737207 Year: 2000 Publisher: Stanford (Calif.) Stanford university press

Face to face : toward a sociological theory of interpersonal behavior
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ISBN: 0804744173 0804744165 9780804744164 9780804744171 Year: 2002 Publisher: Stanford, Calif. Stanford University Press

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Publisher Description (unedited publisher data) Drawing on and updating classic sociological theory, and with special reference to the most recent research in evolutionary and neurophysiological theory, this work presents a unified, general theory of what happens when people interact. Despite modern technologies that mediate communication among individuals, face-to-face interaction is still primary. This book argues against recent social theory that postulates a dramatic change in the nature of human relationships under postmodernity and asserts that, despite undeniable and accelerating change in people's environments, certain basic human tendencies toward emotionally inflected, physically present social interaction remain strong. Turner builds on first principles he locates in the work of Mead, Freud, Schutz, Durkheim, and Goffman. After brief overviews of previous work on the embeddedness of social interaction in sociocultural systems and in human biology, each chapter presents elements of the microdynamics involved in encounters: emotions, motivations (transactional needs), culture (normative conventions), role processes, status, demographics, and ecology. Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Interpersonal relations.

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