Social Systems - Literature

Literature

  • Talcott Parsons 1970. The System of Modern Societies, New York
  • Talcott Parsons 1977. Social Systems and the Evolution of Action Theory, New York
  • Talcott Parsons 1978. Action Theory and the Human Condition, New York


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