Exchange and Power in Social Life - Tapa blanda

In this landmark study, originally published in 1964, Peter Blau considers a basic question: How does social life become organized into increasingly complex structures of associations among humans? "Blau's analysis represents a very important advance in the application of exchange analysis to social structure and behavior."--S. N. Eisenstadt, The American Journal of Sociology -Blau's analysis represents a very important advance in the application of exchange analysis to social structure and behavior.- --S. N. Eisenstadt, The American Journal of Sociology -A vast quarry of a book from which other writers will be able to extract ore--and fossils too--for some time.... The style is outstandingly clear and incisive; both abstract general terms and vivid anecdotes are made to serve (he argument.- -- Alisdair Maclntyre, Sociology -The book is brilliant,- --Robert Bierstedt, American Sociological Review -This book is exciting.... Blau makes a significant and successful attempt to identify some components, to state their general properties, and then to indicate how more complex social structures can be built from them.- -- Alfred Kuhn, Science -Blau has made an extremely important contribution to the theory of small group behavior.- --John Power, The Australian Journal of Politics and History "Blau's analysis represents a very important advance in the application of exchange analysis to social structure and behavior." --S. N. Eisenstadt, The American Journal of Sociology "A vast quarry of a book from which other writers will be able to extract ore--and fossils too--for some time.... The style is outstandingly clear and incisive; both abstract general terms and vivid anecdotes are made to serve (he argument." -- Alisdair Maclntyre, Sociology "The book is brilliant," --Robert Bierstedt, American Sociological Review "This book is exciting.... Blau makes a significant and successful attempt to identify some components, to state their general properties, and then to indicate how more complex social structures can be built from them." -- Alfred Kuhn, Science "Blau has made an extremely important contribution to the theory of small group behavior." --John Power, The Australian Journal of Politics and History "Blau's analysis represents a very important advance in the application of exchange analysis to social structure and behavior." --S. N. Eisenstadt, The American Journal of Sociology "A vast quarry of a book from which other writers will be able to extract ore--and fossils too--for some time.... The style is outstandingly clear and incisive; both abstract general terms and vivid anecdotes are made to serve (he argument." -- Alisdair Maclntyre, Sociology "The book is brilliant," --Robert Bierstedt, American Sociological Review "This book is exciting.... Blau makes a significant and successful attempt to identify some components, to state their general properties, and then to indicate how more complex social structures can be built from them." -- Alfred Kuhn, Science "Blau has made an extremely important contribution to the theory of small group behavior." --John Power, The Australian Journal of Politics and History