Dynamic Functionalism: Strategy and Tactics

List of figures and tables Preface Part I. Allegations, Definitions, and Illustrations: 1. A kindly critique of Kingsley Davis 2. The incest taboo: social selection as a form of feedback 3. Exemplary exercises in survivorship 4. The nature, determinants, and consequences of time-series processes Part II. Adaptive Structures and Social Processes: 5. Patterns of Adaptation 6. Processes, simulations, and investigations Part III. L'envoi: 7. Toward an integrated social science paradigm Appendix Notes References Index.