| Description |
xiii, 527 pages ; 25 cm |
| Series |
Consensus and controversy. Falmer sociology series ; 1 |
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Consensus and controversy. Falmer sociology series ; 1
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| Contents |
Reflections on Merton's role-set theory / Rose Laub Coser -- Merton's theory of role-sets and status-sets / Richard A. Hilbert -- The dysfunctions of bureaucracies : Merton's work in organizational sociology / Charles Crothers -- Merton's instrumental theory of anomie / Marco Orrù -- Merton in search of anomie / Phillipe Besnard -- The self-fulfilling prophecy : its genesis and development in American education / Samuel S. Wineburg and Lee S. Shulman -- Robert K. Merton's sociology of science / Nico Stehr -- Animadversiones in Mertonem / Pierre Bourdieu -- Some documentary reflections on the dissemination and reception of the "Merton thesis" / I. Bernard Cohen -- Puritanism and science : the "Merton thesis" after fifty years / Piyo Rattansi -- Infant giants are not pygmies : the "Merton thesis" and the sociology of science / A. Rupert Hall |
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Robert K. Merton : consensus and controversy / Jon Clark, Celia Modgil and Sohan Modgil -- Robert Merton as sociologist / Jon Clark -- Robert K. Merton as teacher / James S. Coleman -- Polished pebbles, pretty shells : an appreciation of OTSOG / Stephen Jay Gould -- R.K. Merton's theoretical system : an overview / Piotr Sztompka -- Merton's systematic theory / Robert Bierstedt -- Social structure in the work of Robert Merton / Arthur Stinchcombe -- R.K. Merton on structural analysis / Anthony Giddens -- The two facets of the unintended consequences paradigm / Raymond Boudon -- Merton's functionalism and the unintended consequences of action / Jon Elster -- Structural constraints and opportunities : Merton's contribution to general theory / Peter M. Blau |
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The interplay of social theory and empirical research / Hubert M. Blalock Jr. -- The interplay of general sociological theory and empirical research / Mark Gould -- Robert K. Merton's contribution to sociological studies of time / Simonetta Tabboni -- Appendix : The writings of Robert K. Merton, 1975-1989 / compiled by Mary W. Miles and Rosa Haritos |
| Analysis |
Sociology Theories of Merton, Robert K (Robert King) |
| Notes |
Includes indexes |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 477-497 |
| Subject |
Merton, Robert King, 1910-2003.
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Anomy.
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Functionalism (Social sciences)
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Science -- Social aspects.
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Social structure.
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Science.
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Sociology.
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| Author |
Clark, Jon, Ph. D.
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Modgil, Celia.
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Modgil, Sohan.
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| LC no. |
89077736 |
| ISBN |
1850005508 |
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