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| Quotes from Talcott Parsons, Concepts for Sociology | | This page contains definitions of the key concepts of structural-functionalism (from the action frame of reference to value patterns) taken from the work of Talcott Parsons.
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http://www.mdx.ac.uk/www/study/xpar.htm
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| Sociology at Hewett, The Talcott Parsons Page | | This site provides a brief biography of Parsons, as well as some excerpts from his work on the family and education.
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http://www.hewett.norfolk.sch.uk/curric/soc/PARSONS/parsons.htm
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| Talcott Parsons | | This site defines some of Parsons's key ideas - the social system, ascription versus achievement, and social stratification - in accessible language.
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http://socserv2.mcmaster.ca/soc/courses/soc2r3/sf/parsons.htm
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| Biography of Talcott Parsons | | This page provides a brief biography of Parsons, as well as bibliographic information, some criticisms, and a concise discussion of his theoretical project. It is excerpted from The Penguin Dictionary of Sociology.
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http://www.soci.canterbury.ac.nz/biograph/parsons.htm
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| Notes on Functionalism and Parsons | | This site contains extensive notes on Parsons's structural functionalism. The sections on social change and social action are particularly strong. See also the excerpts from Parsons defining some key concepts at the bottom of the page.
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http://uregina.ca/~gingrich/n2f99.htm
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| Original Works by Parsons and Merton | | This Web page provides access to notes from excerpts of Parsons's An Outline of the Social System, as well as Robert Merton's Social Theory and Social Structure.
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http://www.spc.uchicago.edu/ssr1/PRELIMS/theory.html
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| Structural Functionalism | | This page provides a brief explanation of Parsons's AGIL system.
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http://www.ucalgary.ca/~kyoung/399s1bo3.htm
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| Assessing Sociological Theory | | This site concisely compares and contrasts structural functionalism with conflict theory and symbolic interactionism.
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http://ryoung001.homestead.com/AssessingTheory.html
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| Structural Functionalism and Conflict Theory | | This site contains links to resources on the intellectual lineages of structural functionalism, including Emile Durkheim, Talcott Parsons, and Robert Merton.
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http://sbsi.csumb.edu/sbsc300b/durheim.html
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| Consensus Theory versus Conflict Theory | | This site examines the major tenets of functionalism and conflict theory, discusses the assumption of each, and contrasts the two perspectives on topics such as social stratification
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http://www.nipissingu.ca/faculty/karib/Theory2015/Structural%20Functionalism.htm
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