Summary: The Theory of Social and Economic Organization is a book by Max Weber that was translated into English by A. M. Henderson and Talcott Parsons. As stated in the book's Preface, it is "a translation of part I of Max Weber's Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft, which was in turn originally published as volume III of the collaborative work Grundriss der Sozialoekonomik." In addition, the book contains an 84-page Introduction by Parsons. See Basic Concepts in Sociology, The Three Types of Legitimate Rule and his other works for summary of many concepts present in the book.

PREFACE, v

INTRODUCTION

I. THE FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF SOCIOLOGY, 87

II. SOCIOLOGICAL CATEGORIES OF ECONOMIC ACTION, 158

III. THE TYPES OF AUTHORITY AND IMPERATIVE CO-ORDINATION, 324

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