Original scientific paper
The Conceptual Models of Migrations within Parsons' Sociological Theory
Aleksandar Vukić
; Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies, Zagreb
Abstract
The paper shows the importance of the abstract analytical frame of reference for the development of conceptual models which are necessary for empirical research into migration. It was demonstrated that the analytical abstraction together with decentralization from the object of cognition through the procedures of structural-functional analysis is the very method which can lead to understanding and explanation of the migration phenomenon. The logic of developing the conceptual models is explained by phase movement (exchange) between the subsystems of Parsons's theoretical structure. The developing of the conceptual models of migrations is a process of integration of discourse on reality, meta-theoretical hypotheses of frame of reference and the action theory on the basis of the specified AGIL scheme.
Keywords
migrations; conceptual models; action frame of reference; structural-functional analysis; a-g-i-l scheme
Hrčak ID:
154349
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Publication date:
30.6.2000.
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