Description
About the Author
John Levi Martin is professor of sociology at the University of Chicago.
Reviews
Winner of the 2010 Theory Prize, American Sociological Association "While his interest in structures has a venerable lineage, Martin's approach is highly distinctive... The book is without doubt an eclectic, ambitious, provocative, sophisticated, and instructive undertaking... Social Structures deserves a wide readership and its ideas a sympathetic hearing."--Science "Martin provides an accessible and workable perspective as he examines the array of social structures, from the smaller, such as cliques or family, to the larger construct of nation... In short, this is an excellent book, substantive in supporting Martin's claims as well as provocative in terms of generating further inquiry. Readers will find Martin's perspective both intriguing and well supported."--Choice "[R]ather than giving the impression of being the beginning of a new, exciting research program, Social Structures rather feels like a well-deserving closing chapter for the project of a specifically 'sociological' form of structuralist explanation."--Omar Lizardo, Sociologica "Social Structures is illuminating--good to think with and fun to argue with. It belongs on a short shelf of important contributions to structural theories of society."--Paul DiMaggio, American Journal of Sociology
Awards
Winner of American Sociological Association Theory Section: Theory Prize 2010.
Book Information
ISBN 9780691150123
Author John Levi Martin
Format Paperback
Page Count 408
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publisher Princeton University Press
Weight(grams) 624g