Exchange and Power in Social LifeRoutledge, 29 sep 2017 - 372 pagina's In his landmark study of exchange and power in social life, Peter M. Blau contributes to an understanding of social structure by analyzing the social processes that govern the relations between individuals and groups. The basic question that Blau considers is: How does social life become organized into increasingly complex structures of associations among humans.This analysis, first published in 1964, represents a pioneering contribution to the sociological literature. Blau uses concepts of exchange, reciprocity, imbalance, and power to examine social life and to derive the more complex processes in social structure from the simpler ones. The principles of reciprocity and imbalance are used to derive such processes as power, changes in group structure; and the two major forces that govern the dynamics of complex social structures: the legitimization of organizing authority of increasing scope and the emergence of oppositions along different lines producing conflict and change. |
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... conflicts and weakens social control . Overwhelming Benefactions , 106 Gift exchanges in simpler societies and parallels in ours . Obliga- tion to give , to receive , and to repay . Exchange may engender peer relations or status ...
... conflicts and weakens social control . Overwhelming Benefactions , 106 Gift exchanges in simpler societies and parallels in ours . Obliga- tion to give , to receive , and to repay . Exchange may engender peer relations or status ...
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... conflicts , and basic problems in the analysis of social structure . The case of coercive force . Competition for Status , 125 The object of competition in discussion groups shifts from speak- ing time to status , power , and leadership ...
... conflicts , and basic problems in the analysis of social structure . The case of coercive force . Competition for Status , 125 The object of competition in discussion groups shifts from speak- ing time to status , power , and leadership ...
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... conflict . Conclusions , 220 The legitimation of power has its source in the social approval its fair exercise evokes among subordinates . Problems of leader- ship , and how organizations help solve them for managers . The mobilization ...
... conflict . Conclusions , 220 The legitimation of power has its source in the social approval its fair exercise evokes among subordinates . Problems of leader- ship , and how organizations help solve them for managers . The mobilization ...
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Peter Blau. Political Structure and Ideological Conflict , 242 Heterogeneity and partisan conflict . Political institutions govern the number of parties and the chances of radical opposition . The conflict between the militants in the ...
Peter Blau. Political Structure and Ideological Conflict , 242 Heterogeneity and partisan conflict . Political institutions govern the number of parties and the chances of radical opposition . The conflict between the militants in the ...
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... Conflict between legitimate cen- tral authority and unit autonomy . Opposition ideals , though divisive force , unite subgroups in a common cause . The relation- ships between integration , differentiation , and organization in ...
... Conflict between legitimate cen- tral authority and unit autonomy . Opposition ideals , though divisive force , unite subgroups in a common cause . The relation- ships between integration , differentiation , and organization in ...
Inhoudsopgave
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Chapter One The Structure of Social Associations | 12 |
Chapter Two Social Integration | 33 |
Chapter Three Social Support | 60 |
Chapter Four Social Exchange | 88 |
Chapter Five Differentiation of Power | 115 |
Chapter Six Expectations | 143 |
Chapter Seven The Dynamics of Change and Adjustment in Groups | 168 |
Chapter Eight Legitimation and Organization | 199 |
Chapter Nine Opposition | 224 |
Chapter Ten Mediating Values in Complex Structures | 253 |
Chapter Eleven The Dynamics of Substructures | 283 |
Chapter Twelve Dialectical Forces | 312 |
Name Index | 339 |
Subject Index | 343 |
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