The Conditions of Social Performance

First published in 1998.This essay is an excursion towards model building by an anthropologist looking at social development in an exploration of the possibility of constructing a theoretical framework which would lead to the formation of hypotheses about the ways in which the conditions present in social systems affect their performance. Chapter 1 Objectives and Methods; Chapter 2 Performance as Culture; Chapter 3 Culture, the Stock Base for Social Action; Chapter 4 Cultural Orientations and Dynamics; Chapter 5 The Articulation of Culture; Chapter 6 Differentiation of Social Roles; Chapter 7 The Grouping of Social Roles; Chapter 8 The Arrangement of Power; Chapter 9 Support Functions of Organizations; Chapter 10 Epilogue;