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The objective of this paper is to discuss Talcott Parsons’ theorisation of the economy or the economic on the one hand, and the social-structural or non-economic spheres in general on the other; as such its main object will be the text Economy and Society (Parsons & Smelser, 1956)
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Savage, S.P. (1977). Talcott Parsons and the Structural-Functionalist Theory of the Economy. In: Hindess, B. (eds) Sociological Theories of the Economy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-03157-3_1
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