Main Feature

The main feature of this book is a discussion of role analysis and its relevance to social structure. Arguing that the role system of a society is the matrix of its social structure, the author presents a detailed theoretical analysis of the problems inherent in this approach.

Chapters Cover

• The problems of role analysis.
• Conformity and deviance
• The coherence of role systems
• Degrees of abstraction
• Structure, time and reality

Originally published in 1957.