Readings in Social Institutions

Topic	Readings
Institutions - General	Parsons, Talcott. 1951. The Social System. Glencoe, IL: Free Press.
Law and Politics	Cook, Karen S., G. A. Fine, and J. S. House., 1995. Sociological Perspectives on Social Psychology. Boston: Allyn & Bacon. Chapter 20
Markets and Economics	Cook, Karen S., G. A. Fine, and J. S. House., 1995. Sociological Perspectives on Social Psychology. Boston: Allyn & Bacon. Chapter 19
Education and Mobility	Cook, Karen S., G. A. Fine, and J. S. House., 1995. Sociological Perspectives on Social Psychology. Boston: Allyn & Bacon. Chapter 18
Religion and Prophecy	Festinger, Leon. When Prophecy Fails: A Social and Psychological Study. Harper Collins. 1964. Watters, Randall. When Prophecies Fail. A Sociological Perspective on Failed Expectation in the Watchtower Society.