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Social Thought and Research: Recent submissions
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A Parent's View of a Kid Growing Up in Lawrence
(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1991-04-01)Alan Sica invited me to speak about Erik at this centennial celebration, stating that "your view of how this famous sociologist developed would only augment his own fascinating remarks." Of course I was delighted to do so. ... -
The Tradition Continues: A Gendered Perspective
(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1991-04-01)Concerns were voiced by the American Sociological Society in 1984 about the small numbers of tenured women in sociology departments throughout the United States. A guideline for remedying this deficit was established and ... -
Meta-Sociology: Doings and Reflections
(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1991-04-01)I have called my remarks "Meta-Sociology: Doings and Reflections." Like many of you, I am not quite sure what "meta" means, but, knowing that George Ritzer was going to address a related theme, I was depending on him to ... -
Streetcorner Sociology
(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1991-04-01)Sociology at the University of Kansas is steeped in the ethnographic tradition of tire "Chicago School." This is the result of a continuous exchange of promising graduate students and faculty between the two departments. ... -
I Never Metatheory I Didn't Like
(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1991-04-01)The invitation to write autobiographically for the Centennial Celebration of the Department of Sociology at the University of Kansas arrived at an opportune moment for me. First, I was in the midst of book in which I was ... -
Human Ecology and Urban Revitalization: A Case Study of the Minneapolis Warehouse District
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Mid-American Review of Sociology, Volume 15, Number 1 (WINTER, 1991): Book Review
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Mid-American Review of Sociology, Volume 15, Number 1 (WINTER, 1991): Front Matter
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Female Gang Delinquency: A Search for "Acceptably Deviant Behavior"
(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1991-01-01)This paper explores tile forms of female gang delinquency through an analysis of ambiguous deviance norms operating within the gang structure. Caught within competing behavioral norms, female gang members are forced to ... -
The Academic Elite in SixSocial Science Disciplines: Linkages Among Top-Ranked Graduate Departments
(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1991-01-01)In 1981 the National Academy of Sciences initiated an evaluation by faculty of the quality of doctoral programs in the social sciences. Changing Times listed the top tell percent of all graduate programs in the social ... -
Gender and Evaluation in Fine Art
(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1991-01-01)The significance of gender and its potential as a stigmatic social label in the field of art is investigated. As art objectifies both a society's ideals and biases, the recognition and appreciation of art can be seen as a ... -
Mid-American Review of Sociology, Volume 15, Number 1 (WINTER, 1991): Book Review
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An Empirical Examination of Two Models of Cultural Causation
(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1991-01-01)The traditional macroscopic model of cultural causation advanced by Weber and modified by Parsons assumes that values provide orientation for human action. Thus, values are conceptualized as the intervening link between ... -
Africa on My Mind: Encounters in the Field
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A Question of Priority: Small at Chicago or Blackmar at Kansas?
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The Teaching Relationship: A Hypothesized Mental Model and Its Consequences
(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1990-01-01)It is proposed that people share a "mental model" of the student-teacher relationship, out of which develop unexamined expectations and attitudes that may be responsible for some long-standing problems of higher education. ... -
A Metatheoretical Analysis of Socioeconomics
(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1990-01-01)A good portion of the current debate over socio-economics and economic sociology has been framed in metatheoretical, particularly paradigmatic, terms. Having done a good deal of work in metatheory in general (Ritzer 1988, ... -
Notes From the History of American Sociology: Frank Blackmar's Last Years at KU
(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1990-01-01)Frank Wilson Blackmar (1854-1931) has been described as "one of the master builders of the University of Kansas" and "an outstanding figure in the world of the social sciences." Despite Blackmar's many accomplishments, he ... -
The Looking Glass Self: Introductory Notes on Anorexia Nervosa
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Mid-American Review of Sociology, Volume 14, Number 1&2 (WINTER, 1990): Book Review
(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1990-01-01)