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Theoretical Principles of Sociology, Volume 3

Mesodynamics

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Authors:
  1. Jonathan H. Turner

    1. , Department of Sociology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, USA

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  • In depth coverage of meso-dynamic sociological theory

  • Part of a 3 volume set that includes macro, micro, and meso-level dynamics

  • Detailed theoretical basis with concrete applications

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. The Meso-level Realm of Social Reality

    • Jonathan H. Turner
    Pages 1-27

  3. Macro-dynamic Environments of the Meso Realm

    • Jonathan H. Turner
    Pages 29-90

  4. Micro Environments of the Meso Realm

    • Jonathan H. Turner
    Pages 91-114

  5. The Dynamics of Categoric Units

    • Jonathan H. Turner
    Pages 115-170

  6. The Dynamics of Groups

    • Jonathan H. Turner
    Pages 171-212

  7. The Dynamics of Organizations

    • Jonathan H. Turner
    Pages 213-301

  8. The Dynamics of Communities

    • Jonathan H. Turner
    Pages 303-336

  9. Meso-level Social Change

    • Jonathan H. Turner
    Pages 337-374

  10. Principles of Meso Dynamics

    • Jonathan H. Turner
    Pages 375-405

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 407-434
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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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • , Department of Sociology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, USA

    Jonathan H. Turner

About the author

Jonathan H.Turner is Distinguished Professor of Sociology. He received his PhD from Cornell University in 1968, and since the 1969-1970 academic year,he has been at UCR. Within the discipline, he is known primarily as a general theorist, although he has a number of more subtantive specialities,including: the sociology of emotions, ethnic relations, social institututions, social stratification, and bio-sociology. He has been Faculty Research Lecturer at UCR, and in the profession, he has been president of the Pacific Sociological Association and California Sociological Association. He is also a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has lectured widely all over the world, and he has been a visiting professor at Cambridge University, UK, Universitat Bremen, Germany, Universitat Bielefeld, German, Shandong University and Nan Kai University, Peoples Republic at China.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Theoretical Principles of Sociology, Volume 3

  • Book Subtitle: Mesodynamics

  • Authors: Jonathan H. Turner

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6221-8

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-6220-1Published: 24 May 2012

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-0047-3Published: 11 June 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-6221-8Published: 05 June 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 434

  • Topics: Sociology, general

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