On Social Organization and Social Control

by Morris Janowitz

Book Overview

In the four decades following the end of World War II, Morris Janowitz (1919-88) published major works in macrosociology, urban and political sociology, race and ethnic relations, and the study of armed forces and society. His research was deeply rooted in the traditions of philosophical pragmatism and the Chicago school of sociology, influences which led him to reject grand theories and mechanistic explanations of social life. Yet he remained confident...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226393038
• ISBN13: 9780226393032
• Release Date: May 1991
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"