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Social Structure and Mobility in Economic Development
Av Neil J. Smelser, Seymour Martin Lipset
Häftad, 2005
749 kr
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The foundation of this volume is the notion that the several processes of change constituting economic and social development are systematically interrelated. The essence of development is the appearance of rapid rates of increases in many different indices--output per capita, political …
Terrorism
Perspectives from the Behavioral and Social Sciences
Av and Institutional Issues Panel on Behavioral, Social, Committee on Science and Technology for Countering Terrorism m. fl.
E-bok, 2002
554 kr
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The events and aftermath of September 11, 2001, profoundly changed the course of history of the nation. They also brought the phenomenon known as terrorism to the forefront of the nation''s consciousness. As it became thus focused, the limits of scientific understanding of terrorism and the …
Discouraging Terrorism
Some Implications of 9/11
Av Panel on Understanding Terrorists in Order to Deter Terrorism, Center for Social and Economic Studies m. fl.
E-bok, 2002
416 kr
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This report addresses the question of what terrorists hold in value. This question is posed in order to assess some means and strategies for deterring, deflecting, or preventing terrorist activities. The report approaches the question on several levels, moving from the use of short-term deterrent …
America Becoming
Racial Trends and Their Consequences: Volume II
Av Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council m. fl.
E-bok, 2001
624 kr
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The 20th Century has been marked by enormous change in terms of how we define race. In large part, we have thrown out the antiquated notions of the 1800s, giving way to a more realistic, sociocultural view of the world. The United States is, perhaps more than any other industrialized country, …
America Becoming
Racial Trends and Their Consequences: Volume I
Av Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council m. fl.
E-bok, 2001
740 kr
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The 20th Century has been marked by enormous change in terms of how we define race. In large part, we have thrown out the antiquated notions of the 1800s, giving way to a more realistic, sociocultural view of the world. The United States is, perhaps more than any other industrialized country, …
Discouraging Terrorism
Some Implications of 9/11
Av Panel on Understanding Terrorists in Order to Deter Terrorism, Center for Social and Economic Studies m. fl.
E-bok, 2002
280 kr
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This report addresses the question of what terrorists hold in value. This question is posed in order to assess some means and strategies for deterring, deflecting, or preventing terrorist activities. The report approaches the question on several levels, moving from the use of short-term deterrent …
Terrorism
Perspectives from the Behavioral and Social Sciences
Av and Institutional Issues Panel on Behavioral, Social, Committee on Science and Technology for Countering Terrorism m. fl.
E-bok, 2002
286 kr
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The events and aftermath of September 11, 2001, profoundly changed the course of history of the nation. They also brought the phenomenon known as terrorism to the forefront of the nation''s consciousness. As it became thus focused, the limits of scientific understanding of terrorism and the …
America Becoming
Racial Trends and Their Consequences: Volume II
Av Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council m. fl.
E-bok, 2001
338 kr
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The 20th Century has been marked by enormous change in terms of how we define race. In large part, we have thrown out the antiquated notions of the 1800s, giving way to a more realistic, sociocultural view of the world. The United States is, perhaps more than any other industrialized country, …
America Becoming
Racial Trends and Their Consequences: Volume I
Av Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council m. fl.
E-bok, 2001
399 kr
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The 20th Century has been marked by enormous change in terms of how we define race. In large part, we have thrown out the antiquated notions of the 1800s, giving way to a more realistic, sociocultural view of the world. The United States is, perhaps more than any other industrialized country, …
Theory of Collective Behaviour
Inbunden, 1998
1477 kr
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This is Volume XVII of eighteen of a series on the Sociology of Behaviour and Psychology. First published in 1962, this study offers a theoretical synthesis of collective behavior.
Social Change in the Industrial Revolution
An Application of Theory to the British Cotton Industry
Inbunden, 2005
3154 kr
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First Published in 2005. The following study analyses several sequences of differentiation and a attempt to apply social theory to history. Such an analysis naturally calls for two components: (1) a segment of social theory; and (2) an empirical instance of change. For the first the author has …
Social Change in the Industrial Revolution
An Application of Theory to the British Cotton Industry
Häftad, 2012
667 kr
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First Published in 2005. The following study analyses several sequences of differentiation and a attempt to apply social theory to history. Such an analysis naturally calls for two components: (1) a segment of social theory; and (2) an empirical instance of change. For the first the author has …
Theory of Collective Behaviour
Häftad, 2010
360 kr
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This is Volume XVII of eighteen of a series on the Sociology of Behaviour and Psychology. First published in 1962, this study offers a theoretical synthesis of collective behavior.
Social Importance of Self-Esteem
Av Andrew Mecca, Neil J. Smelser m. fl.
Häftad, 1989
367 kr
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Is the well-being of a society dependent on the well-being of its citizenry? Does individual self-esteem play a causal role in chronic social problems such as child abuse, school drop-out rates, teenage pregnancy, alcohol and drug abuse, welfare dependency? In an attempt to answer these questions, …
Social Paralysis and Social Change
British Working-Class Education in the Nineteenth Century
Inbunden, 1991
874 kr
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Neil Smelser's Social Paralysis and Social Change is one of the most comprehensive histories of mass education ever written. It tells the story of how working-
Problematics of Sociology
The Georg Simmel Lectures, 1995
Inbunden, 1997
585 kr
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These skillfully written essays are based on the Georg Simmel Lectures delivered by Neil J. Smelser at Humboldt University in Berlin in the spring of 1995. It is a distillation of Smelser's reflections after nearly four decades of research, teaching, and thought in the field of sociology, the …
Social Edges of Psychoanalysis
Inbunden, 1999
527 kr
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For several decades the writings of sociologist Neil J. Smelser have won him a vast and admiring audience across several disciplines. Best known for his work on social movements, economic sociology, and British social history, Smelser's psychoanalytic writings are less familiar to his readers. In …
Cultural Trauma and Collective Identity
Av Jeffrey C. Alexander, Ron Eyerman m. fl.
Häftad, 2004
304 kr
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In this collaboratively authored work, five distinguished sociologists develop an ambitious theoretical model of "cultural trauma"--and on this basis build a new understanding of how social groups interact with emotion to create new and binding understandings of social responsibility. Looking at …
Odyssey Experience
Physical, Social, Psychological, and Spiritual Journeys
Inbunden, 2009
729 kr
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This bold and innovative book traces the phenomenon of the 'odyssey' experience as it shapes, informs, and defines our lives. Drawing on an astonishing range of examples, Neil J. Smelser focuses on how such experiences enhance our lives and provide us with meaning and dignity. The odyssey …
Reflections on the University of California
From the Free Speech Movement to the Global University
Inbunden, 2010
444 kr
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These invaluable essays offer an insider's perspective on three decades at a major American university during a time of political turmoil. Neil J. Smelser, who spent thirty-six years as a professor of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, sheds new light on a full range of the issues …
Usable Social Science
Av Neil J. Smelser, John S. Reed
Inbunden, 2012
729 kr
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This volume is a one-of-a-kind contribution to applied social science and the product of a long collaboration between an established, interdisciplinary sociologist and a successful banking executive. Together, Neil Smelser and John Reed use a straightforward approach to presenting substantive …
Dynamics of the Contemporary University
Growth, Accretion, and Conflict
Inbunden, 2013
486 kr
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This book is an expanded version of the Clark Kerr Lectures of 2012, delivered by Neil Smelser at the University of California at Berkeley in January and February of that year. The initial exposition is of a theory of change - labeled structural accretion - that has characterized the history of …
Getting Sociology Right
A Half-Century of Reflections
Inbunden, 2014
559 kr
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Neil J. Smelser, one of the most important and influential American sociologists, traces the discipline of sociology from 1969 to the early twenty-first century in Getting Sociology Right: A Half-Century of Reflections. By examining sociology as a vocation and building on the work of Talcott …
Public Higher Education in California
Av Neil J. Smelser, Gabriel A. Almond
Häftad, 1974
578 kr
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Public Higher Education in California offers a comprehensive analysis of the development, challenges, and transformations of California’s higher education system, particularly in the context of rapid expansion and societal upheaval. Published as part of the Western Center of the American Academy of …
Public Higher Education in California
Av Gabriel A. Almond, Neil J. Smelser
E-bok, 1974
421 kr
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This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed …
Public Higher Education in California
Av Neil J. Smelser, Gabriel A. Almond
Inbunden, 1974
791 kr
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Public Higher Education in California offers a comprehensive analysis of the development, challenges, and transformations of California’s higher education system, particularly in the context of rapid expansion and societal upheaval. Published as part of the Western Center of the American Academy of …
Social Paralysis and Social Change
British Working-Class Education in the Nineteenth Century
E-bok, 1991
1106 kr
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Neil Smelser''s Social Paralysis and Social Change is one of the most comprehensive histories of mass education ever written. It tells the story of how working-class education in nineteenth-century Britain—often paralyzed by class, religious, and economic conflict—struggled forward toward change. …
Problematics of Sociology
The Georg Simmel Lectures, 1995
E-bok, 1997
678 kr
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These skillfully written essays are based on the Georg Simmel Lectures delivered by Neil J. Smelser at Humboldt University in Berlin in the spring of 1995. A distillation of Smelser''s reflections after nearly four decades of research, teaching, and thought in the field of sociology, the essays …
Social Edges of Psychoanalysis
E-bok, 1999
892 kr
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For several decades the writings of sociologist Neil J. Smelser have won him a vast and admiring audience across several disciplines. Best known for his work on social movements, economic sociology, and British social history, Smelser''s psychoanalytic writings are less familiar to his readers. In …
Cultural Trauma and Collective Identity
Av Piotr Sztompka, Neil J. Smelser m. fl.
E-bok, 2004
520 kr
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In this collaboratively authored work, five distinguished sociologists develop an ambitious theoretical model of "cultural trauma"—and on this basis build a new understanding of how social groups interact with emotion to create new and binding understandings of social responsibility. Looking at the …
