Format:
Online-Ressource (258 p)
ISBN:
9780415668040
Series Statement:
Routledge Revivals
Content:
First published in 1973, this is a reissue of John Urry's important and influential study of the theory of revolution. Part 1 offers a detailed discussion of the concept of the reference group, tracing its development from the symbolic interactionist tradition and then showing how it came to be used in ways which emasculated some of the suppositions of that tradition. Part 2 sets out a theory of revolutionary dissent, in which Dr Urry emphasizes the interconnection between analyses on the level of the social structure and the social actor. The final section dem
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Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; Reference Groups and the Theory of Revolution; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Note on the text; Introduction; part 1 Symbolic interactionism and the reference group concept; 1 Of symbolic interactionism; An outline; Problems and remedies; Actors, groups and roles; 2 Of reference groups; 3 Of normative references; Conceptual matters; Empirical matters; Temporal matters; Theoretical matters; 4 Of social comparisons; The past study of social comparisons; The sociology of social comparisons; The methodology of comparative reference; Conclusion
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part 2 Reference groups in the study of dissent5 Of a theory of dissent; Structure; The world upset; Comparisons; The interpretation; Examples of dissent; Dissent and revolution; Conclusion; part 3 The sociology of Indonesian dissent; 6 Of Indonesian dissent; Pre-war dissent; Dissent, 1942-5; Dissent, 1926-7; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781136721014
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415668040
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Reference Groups and the Theory of Revolution (Routledge Revivals)
Language:
English
Keywords:
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