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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786997103321

Autore

Urry John

Titolo

Reference groups and the theory of revolution / / John Urry

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-72100-2

0-203-81627-7

1-136-72101-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (258 p.)

Collana

Routledge revivals

Disciplina

303.64

Soggetti

Revolutions

Reference groups

Radicalism - Indonesia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published in 1973 by Routledge & Kegan Paul"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Symbolic interactionism and the reference group concept -- pt. 2. Reference groups in the study of dissent -- pt. 3. The sociology of Indonesian dissent.

Sommario/riassunto

First published in 1973, this is a reissue of John Urry's important and influential study of the theory of revolution. Part 1 offers a detailed discussion of the concept of the reference group, tracing its development from the symbolic interactionist tradition and then showing how it came to be used in ways which emasculated some of the suppositions of that tradition. Part 2 sets out a theory of revolutionary dissent, in which Dr Urry emphasizes the interconnection between analyses on the level of the social structure and the social actor. The final section dem