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Midterm recess
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| October 16 |
Functionalism and Systems Theory
- Aberle et al., The Functional Prerequisites of a Society. (Source:
J. Farganis, Readings in Social Theory. 1993: P. 203-213 -- Reserve)
- Talcott Parsons, The Social System. A Paradigm for the Analysis
of Social Systems. (Source: J. Farganis,Readings in Social Theory.
1993: P. 213-220 - Reserve)
- Herbert J. Gans: The Uses of Poverty: The Poor Pay All (Reserve)
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October 18
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Social Differentiation
- Niklas Luhman, The Differentiation of Society. P. 229-254 in
Luhmann, The Differentiation of Society. Columbia University Press,
1982. (Reserve)
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