Its introduction is labeled "The Problem" and asks "Who anymore reads Spencer?", and its first chapter explains the "unit act," which is analogized to the iron atom making up the bridge that is the title entity.
A concept crucial to this book is defined in four parts, as having an agent, an end, a situation, and a relation. It advances the theory of a "normative orientation" between goals and chosen methods, meaning that, apart from what the author calls "error," the choice of means to achieve a given desire is not random. Its introduction is labeled "The Problem" and asks "Who anymore reads Spencer?", and its first chapter explains the "unit act," which is analogized to the iron atom making up the bridge that is the title entity. For 10 points, name this work of structural-functionalist sociology, written by Talcott Parsons.
A concept crucial to this book is defined in four parts, as having an agent, an end, a situation, and a relation.
The {Structure of Social Action}