This book takes the reader on an exciting journey presenting the development of resource theory of social exchange originated from Uriel G. Foa and Edna B. Foa. This groundbreaking theory has inspired and generated a tremendous amount of basic and applied research in various disciplines of psychology, sociology, management, economics, marketing, and political science. This book, edited by Kjell Törnblom and Ali Kazemi, two prominent and leading scholars in this field, complements and deepens the Foas' pioneering work from 1974. Within these covers the reader will find an abbreviated version of the Foas' out-of-print original, which is increasingly referred to by current researchers, alongside new chapters on current issues, developments, and applications written by eleven scholars. The book has a simple and clear-cut message: resource theory is not an exercise in academic hair-splitting but has far-reaching societal implications in that it can provide interesting solutions to a wide range of social issues.
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Introduction
Ali Kazemi and Kjell Yngve Törnblom
PART I. ABRIDGEMENT OF URIEL G. FOA AND EDNA B. FOA (1974) SOCIETAL STRUCTURES OF THE MIND
Précis of the Chapters Included
1. Introduction: Man's Structuring of His Social World
2. The Development of Basic Social Concepts
3. From Developmental Sequence to Adult Structure
4. Prelude to Resource Exchange
5. Some Areas of Socio- Psychological Research in the Light of the Resource Exchange Paradigm
6. Epilogue: Man and His Society
Appendixes A- E
References
PART II. NEW THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL DEVELOPMENTS
Précis
7. Recent Theoretical Advances in Social Resource Theory
8. Resource Theory and Levels of Explanation: From Universal Structure to the Construal of Interpersonal Behavior
9. Resources and Social Justice in Meso- and Macro- Level Environmental Conflict
10. Extending Social Resource Exchange to Events of Abundance and Sufficiency
11. When Your Heart Goes Bumpity Bump: Neurological Characteristics of Love
12. Evaluating Foa and Foa's Social Resource Theory: A Data- Analytic Perspective
PART III. HISTORICAL NOTES
How and Why This Volume Came Into Existence
What Is Included and Omitted from the Original Foa and Foa Monograph?
Index
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