Talcott Parsons and the conceptual dilemma - Adriaansens, Hans P. M. (Oxon [England] : Routledge, 2015)
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.
First published in English in 1980.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-197) and index.
Keywords: Parsons, Talcott, -- 1902-1979.; Sociology