On Social Structure And Science

Author : Robert K. Merton
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1996-09-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780226520711

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On Social Structure and Science by Robert K. Merton Pdf

Robert K. Merton is unarguably one of the most influential sociologists of his time. A figure whose wide-ranging theoretical and methodological contributions have become fundamental to the field, Merton is best known for introducing such concepts and procedures as unanticipated consequences, self-fulfilling prophecies, focused group interviews, middle-range theory, opportunity structure, and analytic paradigms. This definitive compilation encompasses the breadth and brilliance of his works, from the earliest to the most recent. Merton's foundational writings on social structure and process, on the sociology of science and knowledge, and on the discipline and trajectory of sociology itself are all powerfully represented, as are his autobiographical insights in a fascinating coda. Anchored by Piotr Sztompka's contextualizing introduction, Merton's vast oeuvre emerges as a dynamic and profoundly coherent system of thought, a constant source of vitality and renewal for present and future sociology.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2998 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Patents
ISBN : PSU:000065838495

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Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Anonim Pdf

Author : Lewis A. Coser
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 547 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781351481205

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The Idea of Social Structure by Lewis A. Coser Pdf

Written and compiled by friends and former students, The Idea of Social Structure honors Robert K. Merton, considered one of the premier sociologists of the twentieth century. Along with Talcott Parsons and Marion J. Levy, Merton was emphatic in his use of the term "social structure"—however different they were in defining and refining the term. The chapters in this volume address many of Merton's diverse sociological theories and, in turn, his theories' impact upon a very large sociological territory. The volume includes major statements on the context of working with Merton by Lewis A. Coser, Paul F. Lazarsfeld, Robert A. Nisbet, and Seymour Martin Lipset, as well as memorable statements covering Merton's interests in the sociology of knowledge and science, planning communities, medical education, relative deprivation, everyday life, political roles, and communication media. This is a powerful sourcebook for understanding the work of Merton and of his intellectual successors. Nisbet called the decade of the 1930s among the most vital and creative periods in American history. It was certainly a period of intense struggle—political, military, and ideological. But the formation of modern sociology was without question one of the crowning achievements in the scientific evolution of the century. The volume is sharply focused on Merton's work and deeply appreciative of the nature of his contribution. It is a landmark effort in the study of sociology as history.

Author : Robert K. Merton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1245202446

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Social Theory and Social Structure by Robert K. Merton Pdf

Author : Craig Calhoun
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2010-09-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780231151122

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Robert K. Merton by Craig Calhoun Pdf

Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.

Author : Robert K. Merton
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 639 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780226520926

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The Sociology of Science by Robert K. Merton Pdf

"The exploration of the social conditions that facilitate or retard the search for scientific knowledge has been the major theme of Robert K. Merton's work for forty years. This collection of papers [is] a fascinating overview of this sustained inquiry. . . . There are very few other books in sociology . . . with such meticulous scholarship, or so elegant a style. This collection of papers is, and is likely to remain for a long time, one of the most important books in sociology."—Joseph Ben-David, New York Times Book Review "The novelty of the approach, the erudition and elegance, and the unusual breadth of vision make this volume one of the most important contributions to sociology in general and to the sociology of science in particular. . . . Merton's Sociology of Science is a magisterial summary of the field."—Yehuda Elkana, American Journal of Sociology "Merton's work provides a rich feast for any scientist concerned for a genuine understanding of his own professional self. And Merton's industry, integrity, and humility are permanent witnesses to that ethos which he has done so much to define and support."—J. R. Ravetz, American Scientist "The essays not only exhibit a diverse and penetrating analysis and a deal of historical and contemporary examples, with concrete numerical data, but also make genuinely good reading because of the wit, the liveliness and the rich learning with which Merton writes."—Philip Morrison, Scientific American "Merton's impact on sociology as a whole has been large, and his impact on the sociology of science has been so momentous that the title of the book is apt, because Merton's writings represent modern sociology of science more than any other single writer."—Richard McClintock, Contemporary Sociology

Author : Donald Black
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781483260648

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The Social Structure of Right and Wrong by Donald Black Pdf

The Social Structure of Right and Wrong focuses on formulations that predict and explain the nature of social control throughout the world and across history. The publication first offers information on social control as a dependent variable, crime as a social control, and compensation and the social structure of misfortune. Discussions focus on the theory of compensation, traditional self-help, concept of social control, varieties of normative behavior, models of social control, and quantity of normative variation. The text then elaborates on social control of the self and elementary forms of conflict management. The manuscript takes a look at the theory of third party and on taking sides, including legal, latent, and slow partisanship, social gravitation, models of partisanship, settlement roles, partisanship in tribal societies, and typology of third parties. The text then examines the factors involved in making enemies, as well as social repulsion, moral evolution, and third-party and unilateral moralism. The publication is a dependable source of data for sociologists and researchers interested in the social structure of right and wrong.

Author : Douglas Porpora
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1987-10-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015012813054

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The Concept of Social Structure by Douglas Porpora Pdf

Porpora is concerned with the concept of social structure and with the relationship between social structure and the individual. He focuses on two different conceptions of social structure, the Durkheimian conception, which is the dominant way in which social structure is conceptualized by sociologists, and an alternative conception, based on a reading of Marx. The author discusses in depth the various aspects of these two divergent theories and shows how the Marxian conception of social structure underlies even the newer structural analyses of racism, sexism, and power that go beyond Marxian theory. He offers a sustained critique of Structural Sociology's theoretical elimination of the individual actor, which results in a corresponding elimination of any form of agency from the explanation of social structural processes.

Author : Robert King Merton
Publisher : New York : Free Press
Page : 742 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Social Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105034895727

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Social Theory and Social Structure by Robert King Merton Pdf

This new printing is not a newly revised edition, only an enlarged one. The revised edition of 1957 remains intact except that its short introduction has been greatly expanded to appear here as Chapters I and II. The only other changes are technical and minor ones: the correction of typographical errors and amended indexes of subjects and names.

Author : Norman W. Storer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105041585295

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The Social System of Science by Norman W. Storer Pdf

Author : Arthur L. Stinchcombe
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1986-10-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780521325882

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Stratification and Organization by Arthur L. Stinchcombe Pdf

A collection of essays on stratification, organization and the discipline of sociology.

Author : Michael E. Sobel
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781483260280

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Lifestyle and Social Structure by Michael E. Sobel Pdf

Lifestyle and Social Structure: Concepts, Definitions, Analyses is devoted the relationship between lifestyle and social structure. The book begins by constructing a meaningful concept of lifestyle in order to understand and model this relationship. The general formulation of the concept hinges on the descriptive word style, defined as ""any distinctive, and therefore recognizable way in which an act is performed or an artifact made or ought to be performed and made."" After developing the implications of the definition, lifestyle is defined, by analogy, as ""any distinctive, and therefore recognizable mode of living."" The notion of social structure is then introduced, arguing that structural differentiation engenders lifestyle differentiation. The remainder of the work is concerned primarily with the modeling of this relationship using data from the 1972-1973 Survey of Consumer Expenditures, and with the concept of stylistic unity. Key topics discussed include the relationship between the theory of lifestyle differentiation and modern economic utility theory; psychographic notions of lifestyle; and the relationships between lifestyle and other key sociological concepts (stratification, alienation). The concept of lifestyle should be of interest to a broad range of applied and theoretical researchers.

Author : Kyriakos M. Kontopoulos
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2006-11-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0521032695

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The Logics of Social Structure by Kyriakos M. Kontopoulos Pdf

In this book, the author proposes a fundamental new approach to the study of one of the most central concepts in social analysis, that of social structure. He critiques the leading models and argues that each is inadequate to the task of explaining the complexity of structures that make up society and the processes by which these structures are formed and are interlinked. A new conceptualization of the processes of societal formation is then presented, drawing on recent developments in the physical, biological and cognitive sciences. This new conceptualization allows for the multiplicity of processes of structuration, which the author refers to as logics, some of which function at the individual or "micro" level, others of which function at the organizational or "meso" level, and still others of which function at the society-wide, or "macro" level. The author terms this new conceptualization a theory of heterarchy, and it is the first truly comprehensive theory of societal structuration.

Author : Jeffrey C. Alexander,Gary T. Marx,Christine L. Williams
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2004-09-20
Category : History
ISBN : 0520241371

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Self, Social Structure, and Beliefs by Jeffrey C. Alexander,Gary T. Marx,Christine L. Williams Pdf

This is an exploration of the creative work done by leading sociologists who were inspired by the scholarship of Neil Smelser.

Author : Charles Crothers
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136185113

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Social Structure by Charles Crothers Pdf

Crothers's book provides a thorough introduction to the idea of social structure. He examines the meanings of the term, the history of its usage within sociology and looks at the more recent developments in thinking on social structure.