On social structure and science /
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-fu...
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Chicago :
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1996
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Series: | Heritage of sociology
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Table of Contents:
- 1. The Uses and Abuses of Classical Theory
- 2. Theoretical Pluralism
- 3. On Sociological Theories of the Middle Range
- 4. Specified Ignorance
- 5. Paradigms: The Codification of Sociological Theory
- 6. Paradigm for Functional Analysis in Sociology
- 7. Manifest and Latent Functions
- 8. Social Dysfunctions
- 9. Paradigm for Structural Analysis in Sociology
- 10. The Role-Set
- 11. Sociological Ambivalence
- 12. Social Structure and Anomie
- 13. Opportunity Structure
- 14. Socially Expected Durations
- 15. The Unanticipated Consequences of Social Action
- 16. The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
- 17. Paradigm for the Sociology of Knowledge
- 18. The Rise of Modern Science
- 19. Insiders and Outsiders
- 20. The Ethos of Science
- 21. Science and the Social Order
- 22. The Reward System of Science
- 23. Multiple Discoveries in Science
- 24. The Matthew Effect, II
- Coda: A Life of Learning
- Publications by and about Robert K. Merton: A Select Bibliography
- 1 The Uses and Abuses of Classical Theory
- 2. Theoretical Pluralism
- 3. On Sociological Theories of the Middle Range
- 4. Specified Ignorance
- 5. Paradigms: The Codification of Sociological Theory
- 6. Paradigm for Functional Analysis in Sociology
- 7. Manifest and Latent Functions
- 8. Social Dysfunctions
- 9. Paradigm for Structural Analysis in Sociology
- 10. The Role-Set
- 11. Sociological Ambivalence
- 12. Social Structure and Anomie
- 13. Opportunity Structure
- 14. Socially Expected Durations
- 15. The Unanticipated Consequences of Social Action
- 16. The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
- 17. Paradigm for the Sociology of Knowledge
- 18. The Rise of Modern Science
- 19. Insiders and Outsiders
- 20. The Ethos of Science
- 21. Science and the Social Order
- 22. The Reward System of Science
- 23. Multiple Discoveries in Science
- 24. The Matthew Effect, II
- Coda: A Life of Learning
- Publications by and about Robert K. Merton: A Select Bibliography.
- 1 The Uses and Abuses of Classical Theory
- 2. Theoretical Pluralism
- 3. On Sociological Theories of the Middle Range
- 4. Specified Ignorance
- 5. Paradigms: The Codification of Sociological Theory
- 6. Paradigm for Functional Analysis in Sociology
- 7. Manifest and Latent Functions
- 8. Social Dysfunctions
- 9. Paradigm for Structural Analysis in Sociology
- 10. The Role-Set
- 11. Sociological Ambivalence
- 12. Social Structure and Anomie
- 13. Opportunity Structure
- 14. Socially Expected Durations
- 15. The Unanticipated Consequences of Social Action
- 16. The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
- 17. Paradigm for the Sociology of Knowledge
- 18. The Rise of Modern Science
- 19. Insiders and Outsiders
- 20. The Ethos of Science
- 21. Science and the Social Order
- 22. The Reward System of Science
- 23. Multiple Discoveries in Science
- 24. The Matthew Effect, II
- Coda: A Life of Learning
- I Theoretical Work in Sociology
- Varieties of Theoretical Work
- 1 The Uses and Abuses of Classical Theory 23
- 2 Theoretical Pluralism 34
- 3 On Sociological Theories of the Middle Range 41
- 4 Specified Ignorance 51
- 5 Paradigms: The Codification of Sociological Theory 57
- Analytic Frameworks for Sociology
- 6 Paradigm for Functional Analysis in Sociology 65
- 7 Manifest and Latent Functions 87
- 8 Social Dysfunctions 96
- 9 Paradigm for Structural Analysis in Sociology 101
- II Social Structure and Its Vicissitudes
- Structural Complexes and Contradictions
- 10 The Role-Set 113
- 11 Sociological Ambivalence 123
- 12 Social Structure and Anomie 132
- 13 Opportunity Structure 153
- 14 Socially Expected Durations 162
- Paradoxes of Social Process
- 15 The Unanticipated Consequences of Social Action 173
- 16 The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy 183
- III Science As a Social Structure
- The Sociology of Knowledge
- 17 Paradigm for the Sociology of Knowledge 205
- 18 The Rise of Modern Science 223
- 19 Insiders and Outsiders 241
- The Social Institution of Science
- 20 The Ethos of Science 267
- 21 Science and the Social Order 277
- 22 The Reward System of Science 286
- 23 Multiple Discoveries in Science 305
- 24 The Matthew Effect, II 318
- Coda: A Life of Learning 339
- Publications by and about Robert K. Merton: A Select Bibliography 361
- Publications by and about Robert K. Merton: A Select Bibliography