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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: American Sociological Association. Sociology today; problems and prospects. New York, Basic Books [1959] (OCoLC)592355928 Online version: American Sociological Association. Sociology today; problems and prospects. New York, Basic Books [1959] (OCoLC)609832627 |
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| Material Type: | Conference publication |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Robert King Merton; American Sociological Association. |
| OCLC Number: | 36719429 |
| Notes: | "Papers ... [prepared] for the annual meeting of the American Sociological Society in 1957 ... [edited by the] editorial board composed of the president of the society and the editors of its two journals." |
| Description: | xxxiv, 623 p. diagrs., tables. 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction: Notes on problem-finding in sociology / by Robert K. Merton -- 1. Problems in sociological theory and methodology: General theory in sociology / by Talcott Parsons -- Problems in methodology / by Paul F. Lazarsfeld -- 2. Problems in the sociology of institutions: Political sociology / by Seymour Martin Lipset -- The sociology of law / by Philip Selznick -- The sociology of education / by Neal Gross -- The sociology of religion / by Charles Y. Glock -- The sociology of the family / by William J. Goode -- The sociology of art / by James H. Barnett -- The sociology of science / by Bernard Barber -- The sociology of medicine / by George G. Reader and Mary E.W. Goss -- 3. The group and the person: Personality and social structure / by Alex Inkeles -- The study of consensus / by Theodore M. Newcomb -- Small-group theory and research / by Robert F. Bales -- 4. Problems in demographic and social structure: The sociology of demographic behavior / by Kingsley Davis -- Comparative urban sociology / by Gideon Sjoberg -- Trends in rural sociology / by C. Arnold Anderson -- The sociology of race and ethnic relations / by George E. Simpson and J. Milton Yinger -- Organized analysis / by Alvin W. Gouldner -- Social Differentiation and stratification / by Leonard Broom -- The study of occupations / by Everett Cherrington Hughes -- 5. Selected applications of sociology: The study of social disorganization and deviant behavior / by Albert K. Cohen -- The sociology of mental illness / by John A. Clausen -- Criminological research / by Marshall B. Clinard -- Mass communication and the social system / by John W. Riley, Jr. and Matilda White Riley -- Sociology as a teaching enterprise / by Charles H. Page. |
| Responsibility: | Edited by Robert K. Merton, Leonard Broom [and] Leonard S. Cottrell, Jr., under the auspices of the American Sociological Society. |
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