Reintroducing Talcott Parsons

This book examines Talcott Parsons’ contributions to sociology, considering the subsequent adaptation and practical importance of his efforts to conceptualize the social world via the unifying structure of four functions.

James J. Chriss is Professor of Sociology at Cleveland State University, USA. He is the author of Social Control: An Introduction, Law and Society: A Sociological Approach, Confronting Gouldner: Sociology and Political Activism, and Beyond Community Policing: From Early American Beginnings to the 21st Century.