{"product_id":"social-structure-relationships-representations-and-rules-hardback-9781509561926","title":"Social Structure; Relationships, Representations, and Rules (Hardback) 9781509561926","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSocial Structure\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eRelationships, Representations, and Rules\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJonathan Eastwood (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509561926, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 20 December 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e216 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 15.8 x 2.3 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This informative book takes on the thorny question of what sociologists mean by social structure and addresses it in a novel way. The result ranges widely through sociology and makes concrete, intelligible, and empirically tractable the intuitions that students, activists, and scholars articulate when they talk about structure and order, opportunity and constraint, mechanism and explanation. And it’s a fun read to boot.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJosh Pacewicz, Brown University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Eastwood’s definitional framework not only masterfully captures existing approaches with great parsimony, but transcends the traditional culture–structure dichotomies with something new and promising. Brilliant and accessible, this book also offers stimulating ideas for data analysis, policy analysis, and future theoretical reactions.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrancesco Duina, Bates College\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSocial structure is arguably the central concept of sociology, and in recent years a much wider public has taken up with fresh vigor the sociological idea that persistent inequalities are rooted in social structures. Yet there seem to be as many definitions of the term as there are sociologists, and we often struggle to articulate accessible yet precise accounts of structures that can guide empirical research and other kinds of action. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Jonathan Eastwood offers a set of pragmatic strategies for thinking about social structures, emphasizing ways in which we can approach them as complex lacings of relationships, representations, and rules. He then teases out a variety of implications of these strategies for qualitative and quantitative research, the analysis of social problems, and the implementation of social policies. Written for advanced undergraduate and graduate students as well as fellow scholars, this insightful book contributes to our understanding of this fundamental and dynamic ingredient of social life.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreface\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart 1: The Basic Ideas\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1: The Three Rs\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2: Other Meanings of Social Structure\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3: Interlacings and Intralacings\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart 2: Working with Social Structures\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4: Explaining with Structures\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5: Data Structures and Social Structures\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6: Social Structures and Social Policies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eQuestions for Reflection and Discussion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52441814139160,"sku":"9781509561926","price":43.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509561926.jpg?v=1785026880","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/social-structure-relationships-representations-and-rules-hardback-9781509561926","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}