Social Theory and Social Structure

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Social Theory and Social Structure (STSS) was a landmark publication in sociology by Robert K. Merton. It has been translated into close to 20 languages and is one of the most frequently cited texts in social sciences.^[1] It was first published in 1949, although revised editions of 1957 and 1968 are often cited.

The book introduced many important concepts in sociology, like: manifest and latent functions and dysfunctions, obliteration by incorporation, reference groups, self-fulfilling prophecy, middle-range theory and others.[Merton, 1980]

Contents 1 Notes 2 References 3 External links 4 Further reading

[edit] Notes

1. ^ [1] Sztompka, 2003, p.29

[edit] References

• Piotr Sztompka, Robert K. Merton, in Blackwell Companion to Major Contemporary Social Theorists, George Ritzer (ed.), Blackwell Publishing, 2003, ISBN 1-4051-0595-X
• Robert K. Merton, This Week’s Citation Classic: Merton R K. Social theory and social structure. New York: Free Press, 1949, Current Contents, (21): 12-12 1980

[edit] External links

• Extracts

[edit] Further reading

• Robert K. Merton, Social Theory and Social Structure, Free Press, 1968, ISBN 0-02-921130-1