What are Norms? challenges the traditional Parsonian theory of the basis of social order.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface; 1. Introduction to the study of norms; 2. Strategies for describing and measuring norms; 3. Research setting: the Maya community of Zinacantan; 4. The frame-sorting method for describing norms; 5. Zinacanteco norms and the social order; 6. Verifying the model of Zinacanteco norms; 7. The theory of the socialised actor v. the evidence; 8. Disconfirming evidence from the Zinacantan survey; 9. Social identity: an alternative theoretical approach; Appendices 1-9; References; Index.
