Offers the newest research developments and theory in the re-emerging field of structural analysis. The first section provides an overview and appraisal of the history and future of structural analysis. Subsequent sections focus on culture, historical processes, and macro-micro level interactions. The book's synthetic essays take a variety of forms dealing with structural levels of analysis, agency and structure, multidimensional views of social structure, and theory integration.

Contributions by: Albert Bergesen, Christopher Chase-Dunn, Karen D. Cook, Charles Crothers, Andre Gunder Frank, Jonathan Friedman, Barry K. Gills, J David Knottnerus, Peter M. Hall, Thomas D. Hall, Patrick J. W. McGinty, George Modelski, Douglas V. Porpora, Larry Rogers, Brent Simpson, Lynn Spillman, William R. Thompson, Henry Walker, Amy S. Wharton, Joseph Whitmeyer, David Willer, Morris Zelditch