Theoretical Research Programs

Studies in the Growth of Theory

By: Joseph Berger (Editor), Morris Zelditch (Editor)

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Hardcover | 1 August 1993

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The past two decades has seen dramatic progress in the growth of theory in the sociological study of group processes. This progress has been manifested by the emergence of major theoretical research programs in the study of exchange processes and network structures; bargaining and conflict; status characteristics and status organizing processes; justice and equity; affect and control processes; social interaction; and legitimation processes. This book documents, describes, and analyzes the structure of these programs and their growth and includes ten papers that present major theoretical research programs. The analysis shows both the common elements in the growth of the programs and the special features of each. An Introduction considers the general problem of theory growth in sociology and gives a general overview of the ten research programs. The book concludes with two papers that deal with the application and integration of theory.

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"A unique and important contribution to sociological theory. The editors have brought together a set of successful case studies of theoretical methods illustrated through the development of substantive research programs. All are subsumed under the broad topic of group process, but the substantive areas differ dramatically... Very few case studies of metatheoretical and theoretical strategies exist, and this uniqueness is one reason the book is so important." - Contemporary Sociology

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Contributors
Orienting Strategies and Theory Growth	p. 3
Status Characteristics Theory: The Growth of a Program	p. 23
Affect Control Theory: Delineation and Development	p. 64
A "Pure Theory" Research Program on Microdynamics	p. 104
The Game of Conflict Interactions: A Research Program	p. 139
Metatheory and Friendly Competition in Theory Growth: The Case of Power Processes in Bargaining	p. 172
Building the Theory of Comparison Processes: Construction of Postulates and Derivation of Predictions	p. 213
The Mathematical Elaboration of Small Group Power Structure: From Naive Empiricism to Theoretical Enhancement	p. 265
Exchange Relations and Exchange Networks: Recent Developments in Social Exchange Theory	p. 296
Elementary Theory: Its Development and Research Program	p. 323
Power, Legitimacy, and the Stability of Authority: A Theoretical Research Program	p. 364
From Theory to Practice: The Development of an Applied Research Program	p. 385
Methods and Problems of Theoretical Integration and the Principle of Adaptively Rational Action	p. 416
References Cited	p. 453
Index	p. 495
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