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| adam_text | Contents
List of Tables xiii
List of Figures xv
Preface xvii
Chapter 1: Constructing a Theory of Complex Society 1
The Direct Strategy 3
Relation to other Formulations 7
The Relation of SET to Middle Range and Micro Theory 7
The Relation of SET to General or Macro Formulations 8
Plan of the Chapters 9
Chapter 2: The Isomorphic Concrete Systems Model 13
Beyond Functionalism 13
Functionalism 13
General Systems Theory 15
The Challenges 17
Meeting the Challenges 18
The Isomorphic Concrete Systems Model 19
Epistemology 19
Isomorphism 20
The Two Level Model 21
viii Contents
Anomalies in the Two Level Model 23
The Three Level Model 25
Extensions of the Three Level Model 33
Abstracted Versus Concrete Sociological Theory 38
The Complex Isomorphic Systems Model (X ) 41
Holistic Model Adequacy 44
Chapter 3: Social Entropy 494^
The History of Social Equilibrium 51
Thermodynamic Equilibrium and Entropy 52
Nonthermodynamic Physical Equilibrium and Entropy 53
The Spencerian Dilemma 55
First Principles 58
Pareto 59
Equilibrium between Pareto and Parsons 61
Parsons 63
Moving Equilibrium 66
Equilibrium as an Analytical Device 67
Homeostasis 68
Summarizing the Breadth of Parsons Equilibrium Concept 69
/ The History of Social Entropy 71^
Prigogine 71
Use of Entropy 72
Statistical Formulations 74
Entropy in General Systems Theory 79 ^
Verbal Formulations of Social Entropy 81
Evaluating the Literature on Social Entropy 84
Chapter 4: Macrosociology 89
Contents ix
Key Societal Variables 90
Global Properties 91
Spatial Area (Expansion of Boundaries) 91
Population Size 92
Level of Living 92
Technology 94
Organization 94
Information 96
Distributional (Analytical) Measurement 97
Interrelationships among Variables 98
Global Measurement 98
Distributions 100
Exhaustiveness 104
Control 106 .
Internal Versus External Relationships 107
Internal Relationships 107
Open Boundaries 109
Summary 110
, Chapter 5: The Individual in Complex Society 113 ;¦
Sorokin s Ten Dimensional Structure 114
The Mutable Distributions 116
The Immutable Variables 119
Allocation Theory 122
Global Constraints 122
Change in the Mutable Distribution Structure 124
Relevant Theories 128
Overview 129
Organization 130
x Contents
Technology 136
Space 137
Information 137
Level of Living 138.
Expectations and Goals 141
Summary 147 X
Chapter 6: Organizations 149
Organizational Formation 150
Divisive Grouping Processes 153^
Agglomerative Grouping Processes 154
Boundaries 157
Boundary Formation 158
Membership Boundaries 160
Outreach 162
Summary 162 ?s
Entropy and Information in Organizations 163
Multiple Membership 166
Concluding Remarks 169
Chapter 7: The Central Problem of Social Order 171
Introduction 171
Social Order 171
Two Types of Order 175
Q and R Relationships 175
The Holistic Model of Social Order 177 •
Category Theory 183
Effect of Symbolic Structure on Action 185
Why Actions Are Replicated 188
Contents xi
Summary 190
Order and the Three Level Model 191
The Synchronic Nature of Markers 196
Markers and Mutables 199
Power and Conflict 200
Expectations and Power 201
Mutables and Conflict 203
Immutables and Conflict 205
Entropy and Inequality 207
Concluding Remarks 208
Chapter 8: Statistical Entropy 211
Probabilistic Entropy 219
Number of Categories 227
Type B Mapping 228
Type C Mapping 229
The Marker (X ) Level 230
Sample Size 231
Sampling Distribution 231
Relationship of Categorical Entropy to Continuous Variables 232
Categorical and Continuous Entropy 234
Continuous Entropy 235
Measuring Inequality 236
Continuous 237
Decomposition 239
Categorical Income Data 242
Measures of Population Diversity 247
Proportional Reduction in Error 250
xii Contents
Summary 251 X
Chapter 9: Reflections and Hypotheses 255
Reflections 256
Chapter 1 256
Chapter 2 257
Chapter 3 263
Chapter 4 265
Chapter 5 268
Chapter 6 270
Chapter 7 272
Chapter 8 275
Hypotheses 276
Chapter 1 276
Chapter 2 276
Chapter 3 277
Chapter 4 278
Chapter 5 279
Chapter 6 280
Chapter 7 281
Chapter 8 283
Concluding Remarks 283
References 285
Author Index 303
Subject Index 307
List of Tables
Table 7.1 The Score (S) Matrix of Objects
and Variables 176
Table 8.1 Percent Distribution of Aggregate Income,
by Fifths of the Population for Families and
Individuals, United States, 1978 217
List of Figures
Figure 2.1 The Three Level Measurement Model 26
Figure 6.1 Divisive and Agglomenative Groups 156
Figure 7.1 Example of Perfectly Replicated Social
Action (H = 0), Frequency of Lunch for
Five Alternative Times 180
Figure 7.2 Effect of Replicated Social Interaction on
the Correlation between Educational Level
and Job Level (hypothetical frequencies). 182
Figure 7.3 Example of Perfect Replication Using
Gender as a Basis for Allocation into the
Occupational Distribution (hypothetical
frequencies). 184
Figure 7.4 Relationship between the Diachronic
Process of Human Interaction
(Q relationships) and the Synchronic
Symbol System (R relationships) 187
Figure 7.5 Illustration of Order and the Three Level
Model: The Basic X X X Sequence 193
Figure 8.1 R Mapping, with Variables as Dimensions
and Persons as Points in Space 218
Figure 8.2 Q Mapping, with Objects (Persons) as
Dimensions and Variables as Points in Space 218
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