What Are Norms?: A Study of Beliefs and Action in a Maya CommunityWhat are Norms? challenges the traditional Parsonian theory of the basis of social order and proposes a theoretical perspective that emphasises shared definitions of reality rather than personal motivation. The book begins by describing conceptions of good and bad in a Maya community. Then it explores how such normative beliefs relate to the actions of individuals and the organisation of society. Parsons' theory is not supported by previous research on attitudes and behaviour. The final chapter describes a new theoretical approach to norms and society that provides a better explanation of how people's norms relate to their actions and how norms change. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF NORMS | 1 |
STRATEGIes for DescrIBING AND MEASURING NORMS | 11 |
THE MAYA COMMUNITY OF ZINACANTAN | 29 |
THE FRAMeSorting Method for Describing NORMS | 37 |
ZINACANTeco Norms anD THE SOCIAL Order | 54 |
VERIFYING THE MODEL OF ZINACANTECO NORMS | 82 |
THE THEORY of the Socialized AcTOR V THE EVIDENCE | 105 |
DISCORFIRMING EVIDENce from the ZINACANTAN SURVEY | 114 |
Explanations and attempted remedies for the failure of some of the Nachih interviews | 164 |
Association of norms with action | 167 |
Intercorrelations of norm scores | 170 |
Correlations of norm scores and action for Apas and Nachih | 172 |
Intercorrelations of measures of action and social position | 176 |
Normative statements used in sorting tasks in Tzotzil and English | 179 |
English translation of questionnaire | 187 |
References cited | 201 |
Other editions - View all
What Are Norms?: A Study of Beliefs and Action in a Maya Community Francesca M. Cancian,Francesca Micaela Cancian No preview available - 1975 |
What Are Norms?: A Study of Beliefs and Action in a Maya Community Francesca M. Cancian No preview available - 2009 |
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