The Structure of Social Action
The Structure of Social Action is a 1937 book by sociologist Talcott Parsons.
In 1998 the International [Sociological Association] listed the work as the ninth most important sociological book of the 20th century, behind Jürgen Habermas' The [Theory of Communicative Action] but ahead of Erving Goffman's The [Presentation of Self in Everyday Life].