The Social Structure of Right and Wrong / Edition 2

by Donald Black

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780121028039
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Publication date:	12/02/1997
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.67(d)

Table of Contents

Social Control as a Dependent Variable. Crime as Social Control. Compensation and the Social Structure of Misfortune. Social Control of the Self. The Elementary Forms of Conflict Management. Toward a Theory of the Third Party (with M.P. Baumgartner). Taking Sides. Making Enemies. Appendix: A Strategy of Pure Sociology. References. Author Index. Subject Index.

Editorial Reviews

Offers new sociological theory on vengeance, discipline, negotiation, toleration and other relatively unexplored topics. Explores partisan and nonpartisan forms of conflict management, and introduces such innovative concepts as crime as self-help and moralism as social repulsion. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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