| Description |
ix, 547 pages : portrait ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
[1.] Robert K. Merton: the man and the work: Merton and the contemporary mind: an affectionate dialogue / Lewis A. Coser -- Merton's theory of social structure / Arthur L. Stinchcombe -- Working with Merton / Paul F. Lazarsfeld -- Present status of structural-functional theory in sociology / Talcott Parsons -- Merton's use of the European sociological tradition / Lewis A. Coser -- [2.] On the shoulders of Merton: Toward a new view of the sociology of knowledge / Bernard Barber -- Structural constraints of status complements / Peter M. Blau -- Emergence of a scientific specialty: the self-exemplifying case of the sociology of science / Jonathan R. Cole and Harriet Zuckerman -- Legitimate and illegitimate use of power / James S. Coleman -- Complexity of roles as a seedbed of individual autonomy / Rose Laub Coser -- Reference individuals and reference idols / Herbert H. Hyman -- Planning of communities: anticipations and hindsights / Suzanne Keller -- Theory and research: the case of studies in medical education / Patricia Kendall -- Ironic perspective and sociological thought / Louis Schneider -- On formalizing theory / Hanan C. Selvin -- Relative deprivation / Robin M. Williams, Jr. -- Social structure and mass communications behavior: exploring patterns through constructional analysis / Charles R. Wright -- [3.] In the spirit of Merton: Sociology and the everyday life / Alvin W. Gouldner -- Intellectual types and political roles / Seymour Martin Lipset -- Myth of the Renaissance / Robert Nisbet -- Writings of Robert K. Merton: a bibliography / Mary Wilson Miles. |
| Subject |
Sociology.
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Sociology. |
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Social structure.
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Social structure. |
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Merton, Robert King, 1910-2003.
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Merton, Robert King, 1910-2003. |
| Genre/Form |
Festschriften.
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Festschriften.
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| Added Author |
Merton, Robert King, 1910-2003.
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Coser, Lewis A., 1913-2003.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Idea of social structure. New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, c1975 (OCoLC)647108782 |
| ISBN |
0155405489 : $12.95 |
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9780155405486 |
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