Table of Contents

1: The General Theory of Action; 1: Some Fundamental Categories of the Theory of Action: A General Statement; 2: Some Observations on Theory in Social Science 1; 2: Values, Motives, and Systems of Action; Introduction; 1: Categories of the Orientation and Organization of Action; 2: Personality as a System of Action; 3: Systems of Value - Orientation; 4: The Social System; 5: Conclusion

About the Author

Talcott Parsons, Edward Shils