Robert K. Merton sociology of science and sociology as science /
"Robert K. Merton (1910-2003) was one of the most influential sociologists of the twentieth century, producing clear theories and innovative research that continue to shape multiple disciplines. Merton's reach can be felt in the study of social structure, social psychology, deviance, profe...
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Columbia University Press,
c2010.
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| Series: | Columbia/SSRC book.
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Table of Contents:
- On Merton's legacy and contemporary sociology / Craig Calhoun
- Reflections on a common theme : establishing the phenomenon, adumbration, and ideal types / Alejandro Portes
- Mechanisms of the middle range / Charles Tilly
- Eliding the theory/research and basic/applied divides : implications of Merton's middle range / Robert J. Sampson
- The contributions of Robert K. Merton to culture theory / Cynthia Fuchs Epstein
- Culture and uncertainty / Viviana A. Zelizer
- "Paradigm for the sociology of science" / Thomas F. Gieryn
- A critical reconsideration of the ethos and autonomy of science / Aaron L. Panofsky
- Merton, Mannheim, and the sociology of knowledge / Alan Sica
- The ethos of science and the ethos of democracy / Ragnvald Kalleberg
- Merton's sociology of rhetoric / Peter Simonson
- On sociological semantics as an evolving research program / Harriet Zuckerman
- How Merton sociologizes the history of ideas / Charles Camic.