Robert K. Merton: Consensus And Controversy

Robert K. Merton / Jon Clark, Celia Modgil And Sohan Modgil -- Robert Merton As Sociologist / Jon Clark -- Robert K. Merton As Teacher / James S. Coleman -- Polished Pebbles, Pretty Shells / Stephen Jay Gould -- R.k. Merton's Theoretical System / Piotr Sztompka -- Merton's Systematic Theory / Robert Bierstedt -- Social Structure In The Work Of Robert Merton / Arthur Stinchcombe -- R.k. Merton On Structural Analysis / Anthony Giddens -- The Two Facets Of The Unintended Consequences Paradigm / Raymond Boudon -- Merton's Functionalism And The Unintended Consequences Of Action / Jon Elster -- Structural Constraints And Opportunities / Peter M. Blau -- Reflections On Merton's Role-set Theory / Rose Laub Coser -- Merton's Theory Of Role-sets And Status-sets / Richard A. Hilbert -- The Dysfunctions Of Bureaucracies / Charles Crothers -- Merton's Instrumental Theory Of Anomie / Marco Orrù -- Merton In Search Of Anomie / Philippe Besnard -- The Self-fulfilling Prophecy / Samuel S. Wineburg And Lee S. Shulman -- Robert K. Merton's Sociology Of Science / Nico Stehr -- Animadversiones In Mertonem / Pierre Bourdieu. Edited By Jon Clark, Celia Modgil, Sohan Modgil. Includes Bibliographical References (p.477-497) And Indexes.