Adriaansens, Hans P. M. <br/><br/>
Talcott Parsons and the conceptual dilemma  [electronic resource] / 
Hans P.M. Adriaansens. 
 - Oxon [England] :  Routledge,  2015. 
 - 1 online resource (vii, 200 p.) :  ill. 
 - Routledge library editions. Social theory ;  v. 84 .
<br/><br/> First published in English in 1980. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-197) and index. 
<br/><br/>1. The general and analytical character of theory : Parsons's epistemological premise -- 2. The voluntaristic pretension : Parsons's methodological premise -- 3. The structural-functional version of the action theory : the first attempt at conceptualization -- 4. The instability of the structural-functional version of the action theory -- 5. The new voluntaristic action theory -- 6. Testing the theory against its premises. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781315763200 (ebook : PDF) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Parsons, Talcott, 1902-1979. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sociology.