The Social Structure of Right and Wrong - Softcover

Black, Donald

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0121028038 ISBN 13: 9780121028039

Publisher: Emerald Publishing, 1997

Synopsis

This revised paperback edition features a new prologue and updated citations. The book extends the theoretical approach of Black's classic "Behavior of Law" (Academic Press, 1976) to a dramatically larger universe: the handling of conflict across societies and history. It also introduces and illustrates Black's "pure sociology", a new theoretical paradigm applicable to human behavior of every kind. It provides current sociological theory on largely unexplored topics such as vengeance, discipline, avoidance, pacification, negotiation and toleration. It contains new concepts and typologies applicable to partisan and nonpartisan forms of conflict management. It illustrates modern theoretical perspectives on: crime as self-help; the broadening liability of organizations; social control of the self; the behavior of third parties; partisanship as social gravitation; and moralism as social repulsion.

About this title

Book Description:

First Edition Won Both the 1994 Theory Prize and the 1994 Distinguished Book Award of the American Sociological Association

From the Back Cover:

This revised paperback edition features a new prologue and updated citation. The book extends the theoretical approach of Black's classicBehavior of Law(1976) to a dramatically larger universe: the handling of conflict across societies and history. It also introduces and illustrates Black's "pure sociology," a new theoretical paradigm applicable to human behavior of every kind.

About this edition

• Publisher: Emerald Publishing
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0121028038
• ISBN 13: 9780121028039
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 224