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Three Descriptive Models of Social Structure

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2022

Philip K. Bock
Philip K. Bock*
Affiliation:
University of New Mexico
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Abstract

In this article, three descriptive models are described and compared in an attempt to discover the minimum number of concepts and relations necessary to an abstract description of social structure. It is argued that a “situational model” which uses the concepts of social time, social space and social role together with the relations of internal structure and external distribution is both adequate to the task and superior to the two other models. The advantages and implications of the situational model are discussed.

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Research Article
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 34 , Issue 2 , June 1967 , pp. 168 - 174
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Copyright © Philosophy of Science Association 1967

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