Modern Sociological Theory

18. Merton, Robert K. The Unanticipated Consequences of Purposive Social Action. American
Sociological Review, 1, 894-904.
19. Merton, Robert (1976) “Structural Analysis in Sociology”. In Peter M. Blau (ed.)
Approaches to the Study of Social Structure. New York: The Free Press. Excerpt pp. 31-
37.
20. Meyer, John W. & Rowan, Brian (1977) Institutionalized Organizations: Formal Structure
as Myth and Ceremony. American Journal of Sociology, 83, 340-363.
21. Parsons, Talcott and Merton Robert K. (1948) The Position of Sociological Theory.
American Sociological Review, 13, 156-168 (don’t read Newcomb, pp. 168-71).
22. Parsons, Talcott (1968) “Social Systems”. International Encyclopedia of the Social
Sciences, New York: Macmillan, 458-473.
23. Schutz, Alfred, [1940] “The Social World and the Theory of Social Action”. Social
Research, 27, 1960: 203-221. (available in the university library)
24. Swidler, Ann (1986) Culture in Action: Symbols and Strategies. American Sociological
Review, 51, 273-286.
25. Zerubavel, Eviatar (1996) Lumping and Splitting: Notes on Social Classification.
Sociological Forum, 11, 421-433.
In addition to the above literature, there will be some texts added on feminism and
the relation between micro and macro.
The books by Bourdieu and Hedström are avaliable at Akademibokhandeln, Frescati.
Texts 7, 11, 14, 15, 19 and 22 will be for sale at the introduction. The remaining texts
can be downloaded from the internet.
Teachers: Jens Rydgren, e-mail: jens.rydgren@sociology.su,se, tel. 08-163176
Lars Udehn, e-mail: lars.udehn@sociology.su.se, tel. 08-163917.