Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice CONTENIDO: Introduction -- First component: social structure. Network structure: the social context -- Stratification in elite sociological methodology -- Stratification in american manufacturing -- Second component: actor interest -- Interest: the perception of utility -- Conformity and deviance with respect to journal norms in elite sociological methodology -- Third component: action -- Autonomy and cooptation -- Market constraints and directorate ties with respect to american manufacturing industries -- Toward a structural theory of action.
