{"product_id":"structures-of-power-and-constraint-craig-calhoun-9780521113168","title":"Structures of Power and Constraint: Papers in Honor of Peter M. Blau","description":"Are social structures products of human action, expressions of individual or group power? Or are they essentially external constraints on human action, necessarily analyzed at a different level? How are themes of power and constraint to be joined in a common analytic approach? These have long been central questions for sociologists. since the collapse of functionalism as a unifying paradigm, however they have often appeared as the basis for sharp divisions between competing analytic paradigms. The divide between structuralism and rational-choice theory has been one of the most prominent such splits. Yet each approach has undergone a revival in past years. The editors of this book, in honour of Peter Blau, brought together a wide range of distinguished sociologists who have taken positions on different sides of this issue and brings them into focus as parts of a common discourse on the place of social structure and concepts of strategic action in sociological explanation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Craig Calhoun\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0521113164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780521113168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/18\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 508\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.13d","brand":"Craig Calhoun","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47421985095935,"sku":"9780521113168","price":66.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0ab608dd-a05b-43bd-890f-83e4876e52a1.jpg?v=1761527334","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/structures-of-power-and-constraint-craig-calhoun-9780521113168","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}