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The sociology of Erving Goffman is examined, including those who influenced his work as well as those influenced by it. Goffman's sociology is examined in terms of focus and scope, theory, and method. As much of his sociology is singular in its presentation, stylistic elements in Goffman's work are also considered.

ISSN:0038-0245    

DOI:10.1111/j.1475-682X.1991.tb00171.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1991

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Hofstadter's landmark analysis of anti‐intellectualism in American life is interpreted within the framework of the sociology of knowledge. His analysis suggests three analytically distinct types of anti‐intellectualism: religious anti‐rationalism, populist anti‐elitism, and unreflective instrumentalism. Each type arises from within its own distinctive institutional matrix. Although Hofstadter fails to anticipate the growing cultural impact of mass media institutions, he demonstrates convincingly that anti‐intellectualism is not a unitary p

ISSN:0038-0245    

DOI:10.1111/j.1475-682X.1991.tb00172.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1991

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Social constructionists have produced a rich theoretical and empirical literature on the rise and fall of public issues. By focusing exclusively on claims‐making behavior in a micro interactive context, social constructionists, in the tradition of Spector and Kitsuse, generally have rejected efforts to link claims‐making to antecedent variables. Thus they often treat claims‐making participants as activities, devoid of motives, meanings, and intentions. In this paper, ideology and interest are offered as antecedent variables to claims‐making and as the critical factors which determine why some claims are more marketable than others. Interest and ideology also are examined as both subjective and structural/cultural ph

ISSN:0038-0245    

DOI:10.1111/j.1475-682X.1991.tb00173.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1991

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Drawing on Bonacich's split market theory, the work of Hechter and Blalock on ethnic conflict, and the literature on social movements, the authors develop a model of factors producing conflict between native and immigrant workers. The model identifies the relative size of the immigrant group, the growth of the immigrant population, the desirability of jobs held by immigrant workers, economic conditions, the development of racist ideology among native workers, and the organization of native workers as factors possibly explaining the frequency of incidents of overt ethnic conflict and efforts to institutionalize discrimination through government action. The model is assessed by examining the situation of Chinese immigrants in California between 1849 and 1882. The data suggest that poor economic conditions, a well‐developed racist ideology, and well‐organized native workers best explain incidents of ethnic conflict and successful efforts to obtain discriminatory government act

ISSN:0038-0245    

DOI:10.1111/j.1475-682X.1991.tb00174.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1991

数据来源: WILEY

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Post‐1980 internal migration patterns were unanticipated, and prevailing explanations of them fail to account for the effects of new international relationships. A human ecological theory is developed which suggests an explanation based on the sphere of sustenance activities in ecosystems and relative dominance in these activities. Larger net migration was expected for counties specialized in activities that operate in international ecosystems in which the United States is dominant and less in other types of counties. The results for post‐1980 migration in United States counties support these expectations and the utility of an expanded human ecological perspect

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DOI:10.1111/j.1475-682X.1991.tb00175.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1991

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This paper analyzes the important manifestations of the underclass, outlines some differing positions on its origin and persistence, and lends further support to the argument of its link with the changing United States economy. The processes that produce and maintain the underclass are discussed along with their conflicting and converging interpretations. An analysis of the impact of industrial restructuring in the early 1980s shows that massive job losses affected blacks in the inner city areas much more severely than any other groups. The economic recovery that followed has not benefitted this group and, as a consequence, many census tract areas that were predominantly poor have become designated underclass. Consequences of the polarization of the labor force that has contributed to the isolation of inner city blacks from the economy is discussed, and recommendations are offered for solving this national problem.

ISSN:0038-0245    

DOI:10.1111/j.1475-682X.1991.tb00176.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1991

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The sociology of time has recently witnessed a shift in its underlying theoretical preferences. Early work emphasized system balance and the primacy of the social: a sense of optimism pervades these writings. In contrast, more recent analysts emphasize time's tyranny and the primacy of the individual; a gloomy pessimism pervades these writings. This paper analyzes representative writings of each period in order to demonstrate the shift. The current phase, the‘romantic interlude,’is said to derive from both a pessimistic national mood and dissatisfaction with academia during a period of educational contract

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DOI:10.1111/j.1475-682X.1991.tb00177.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1991

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Book reivewed in this article:The New Conservatism: Cultural Criticism and the Historians' Debate, by Jurgen Habermas. Ed. and trans. by Shierry Weber Nicholsen. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1990, 200 pages, $19.95, hardback.Deceptive Distinctions: Sex, Gender and the Social Order, by Cynthia B. Fuchs Epstein. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1988, 300 pages, $25.00, hardback.Medical Work in America: Essays on Health Care, by Eliot Freidson. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1989, 274 pages, $30.00, cloth, $15.95, paper.Philosophy of Science and Its Discontents, by Steve Fuller. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1989, 188 pages, $32.95, hardcover.Friendship: Developing a Sociological Perspective, by Graham Allan. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1989, 174 pages, $16.95, hardback.The Urban Web: Politics, Policy, and Theory, by Lawrence J.R. Herson and John M. Bolland. Chicago, IL: Nelson Hall Publishers, 1990, 512 pages, $22.95, paper, $29.95, hardback.The Real Disaster is Above Ground: A Mine Fire and Social Conflict, by J. Stephen Kroll‐Smith and Stephen Robert Couch. Lexington, KY: The University Press of Kentucky, 1990, 200 pages, $24.00, hardback.The Power Elite and the State: How Policy is Made in America, by G. William Domhoff. New York: Aldine de Gruyter, 1990, 315 pages, $47.95, hardback, $19.95, paper.Locality and Inequality: Farm and Industry Structure and Socioeconomic Conditions, by Linda M. Lobao. Albany, NY: The State University of New York Press, 1990, 291 pages, $49.50, hardback, $14.95, pape

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DOI:10.1111/j.1475-682X.1991.tb00178.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1991

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0038-0245    

DOI:10.1111/j.1475-682X.1991.tb00179.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1991

数据来源: WILEY