Human Institutions A Theory of Societal

In his newest book, leading social theorist Jonathan H. Turner offers a creative, richly grounded reinterpretation of social evolution. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Jonathan H. Turner is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Riverside.

Preface

xiii

1 Institutional Analysis

1

(22)

The Institutional Domain of Reality

2

(1)

Levels of Social Reality

3

(4)

Sociocultural Structures at the Micro, Meso, and Macro Levels of Reality

3

(2)

Forces Operating at the Micro, Meso, and Macro Levels of Reality

5

(2)

Forces of the Macro Realm

7

(6)

Production

7

(1)

Population

8

(1)

Regulation

9

(1)

Distribution

10

(1)

Reproduction

11

(1)

Forces, Institutions, and Environments

12

(1)

Functional Needs, Human Agency, and Selection Pressures

13

(7)

The Ghosts of Functionalism?

13

(1)

The Critique of Functional Logic

14

(1)

Macrodynamic Forces and Social Selection

15

(5)

Conclusion

20

(3)

2 A Theory of Macrodynamic Forces

23

(34)

Population Dynamics

23

(7)

The Law of Population

23

(3)

Settlements and Population

26

(1)

Production and Population

27

(1)

Markets and Population

27

(1)

Corporate Units and Population

28

(1)

Power and Population

28

(1)

Territorial Space and Population

29

(1)

Other Demographic Forces

30

(1)

Production Dynamics

30

(6)

The Law of Production

30

(3)

Population and Production

33

(1)

Technology, Capital, Resources, and Production

33

(1)

Corporate Units and Production

34

(1)

Markets, Money, and Production

34

(1)

Power and Production

35

(1)

Regulation Dynamics

36

(6)

The Law of Regulation

36

(3)

Population Growth and the Consolidation of Power

39

(1)

Production, Distribution, and the Consolidation of Power

39

(1)

Consolidation and Centralization of Power

40

(1)

Inequality, Internal Threats, and Centralization of Power

41

(1)

External Threat and Centralization of Power

41

(1)

Distribution Dynamics

42

(7)

The Law of Distribution

42

(2)

Population Size and Distribution

44

(1)

Production and Distribution

45

(1)

Markets and Distribution

46

(1)

Physical Capital and Distribution

47

(1)

Structural Differentiation and Distribution

48

(1)

Reproduction Dynamics

49

(3)

The Law of Reproduction

49

(1)

Population and Reproduction

50

(1)

Production and Reproduction

51

(1)

Market Systems and Reproduction

51

(1)

Power and Reproduction

52

(1)

Differentiation and Reproduction

52

(1)

Forces, Selection, and Institutional Evolution

52

(2)

Conclusion

54

(3)

3 The Institutional Core

57

(42)

Economy

57

(3)

Selection Pressures and the Economy

57

(1)

Elements of Economic Organization

58

(2)

Kinship

60

(9)

Selection Pressures and Kinship

60

(3)

Elements of Kinship Organization

63

(6)

Religion

69

(7)

Elements of Religious Organization

69

(3)

Selection Pressures and Religion

72

(4)

Polity

76

(3)

Elements of Political Organization

76

(1)

Selection Pressure and Polity

77

(2)

Law

79

(7)

Elements of Legal Systems

80

(4)

Selection Pressures and Legal Systems

84

(2)

Education

86

(9)

Elements of Educational Systems

87

(1)

Selection Pressures and Education

88

(7)

Conclusion

95

(4)

4 Institutional Systems of Hunter-Gatherer Populations

99

(20)

Kinship

101

(1)

Economy

102

(2)

Religion

104

(3)

Polity

107

(3)

Law

110

(2)

Education

112

(2)

Key Institutional Interchanges

114

(3)

Kinship and Economy

114

(1)

Kinship and Religion

115

(1)

Kinship and Polity

115

(1)

Kinship and Law

116

(1)

Kinship and Education

116

(1)

Economy and Religion

116

(1)

Polity and Economy

117

(1)

Conclusion

117

(2)

5 Institutional Systems of Horticultural Populations

119

(38)

Economy

120

(3)

Kinship

123

(3)

Polity

126

(3)

Kin-based Polities in Simple Horticulture

126

(2)

Advanced Horticulture and the Emergence of the State

128

(1)

Law

129

(4)

Religion

133

(4)

Education

137

(1)

Key Institutional interchanges

138

(16)

Kinship and Economy

138

(3)

Kinship and Polity

141

(3)

Kinship and Law

144

(1)

Kinship and Religion

145

(2)

Polity and Other Institutions

147

(5)

Economy and Religion

152

(2)

Conclusion

154

(3)

6 Institutional Systems of Agrarian Populations

157

(30)

Economy

159

(1)

Polity

159

(5)

Kinship

164

(1)

Religion

165

(4)

Law

169

(5)

Education

174

(1)

Key Institutional Interchanges

175

(9)

Kinship and Other Institutional Systems

176

(2)

Polity and Other Institutional Systems

178

(6)

Conclusion

184

(3)

7 Institutional Systems of Industrial and Post-Industrial Populations

187

(68)

The Breakthrough to Industrialism

187

(6)

The Evolution of Market Systems

188

(2)

The Evolution of Non-Kin Corporate Structures

190

(1)

The Consolidation of Power and the Evolution of Its Administrative Base

191

(1)

The Nature of Religion

191

(1)

The Redefinition of Property

192

(1)

Industrialization and the Transformation of Societies

192

(1)

Economy

193

(16)

Industrial Economies

193

(8)

Post-industrial Economies

201

(5)

Post-modernization

206

(3)

Kinship

209

(4)

Changing Authority Relations

210

(2)

Changing Division of Labor

212

(1)

Changing Marriage Dissolution

212

(1)

Religion

213

(9)

Religion in Industrial and Post-industrial Societies

213

(4)

Trends in Religion

217

(5)

Polity

222

(10)

Industrialization, Post-industrialization, and the State

222

(1)

The Dynamics of Power

223

(8)

The End of History?

231

(1)

Law

232

(12)

Legal Systems in Industrial and Post-industrial societies

232

(5)

Trends in Legal System Evolution

237

(7)

Education

244

(9)

Massification

245

(1)

Equalization

246

(1)

Evaluating, Sorting, and Tracking

247

(1)

Credentialism and Credential Inflation

248

(1)

Bureaucratization

249

(1)

Centralization

250

(1)

Professionalization

251

(1)

Privatization

252

(1)

Conclusion

253

(2)

8 Fundamental Interchanges Among Institutions

255

(28)

The Evolution of Complexity

255

(4)

Key Dynamics Among Social Institutions

259

(21)

Economy and Polity

259

(3)

Economy and Kinship

262

(1)

Economy and Education

263

(2)

Economy and Law

265

(1)

Polity and Law

266

(2)

Polity and Kinship

268

(2)

Polity and Education

270

(1)

Law and Kinship

271

(1)

Law and Education

272

(1)

Polity and Religion

273

(2)

Religion and Law

275

(1)

Religion and Education

275

(1)

Religion and Economy

276

(2)

Religion and Kinship

278

(1)

Education and Kinship

279

(1)

Conclusion

280

(3)

Bibliography

283

(18)

Author Index

301

(4)

Subject Index

305

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