Kurt Finsterbusch
Biographic Data
| ID | 136268 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kurt Finsterbusch |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kurt |
| FAMILY NAME | Finsterbusch |
| SIGNATURE | FINSTERBUSCH K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Maryland, College Park |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1968 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Social Issues
A Look at Business Recruitment as a Rural Development Strategy: Some Previous Findings on Business Recruitment Results in Rural Areas
Response to 'Contingency Theory: The Wrong Door
Three Strategies of Organizational Change: Organizational Development, Organizational Theory and Organizational Design
Beneficiary Participation in Development Projects: Empirical Tests of Popular Theories
Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Social Issues
PART 1. Culture and Values ISSUE 1. Is America in Moral Decline? YES: Gertrude Himmelfarb, from De-Moralization of Society: From Victorian Virtues to Modern Values NO: Everett C. Ladd, from The Myth of Moral Decline, Responsive Community Gertrude Himmelfarb, a professor emeritus of history, details some of increasing moral problems in America and interprets them as being part of a larger pattern, which she calls the de-moralization of society. Ev…
The Sociological Literature on Nuclear Issues
In this paper we address the question of the existing and potential role of sociologists in the nuclear debate by first sketching some of the major nuclear issues, second by guaging the extent of professional attention which sociology has focused on nuclear issue. Our focus is on the professional sociological literature. In addition to it there is a vast peace literature which ranges from academic studies to newsletters and propaganda pieces. Soc…
Organizational Change as a Development Strategy: Models and Tactics for Improving Third World Organizations
Seeking methods to improve organizations in developing countries, this book analyzes the effectiveness of the major types of organizational structures and suggests how each can best be used to achieve particular development goals
Nuclear issues in social research
Local Social Disruption and Western Energy Development: [A Critical Review]: Commentary
Understanding Social Impacts: Assessing the Effects of Public Projects
Ex Ante and Ex Post Assessment of the Social Consequences of Public Projects and Policies
Understanding Social Impacts: Assessing the Effects of Public Projects
'The book clearly fills a void in the field of social impact assessment and should be well received by researchers involved in the field. One particularly strong point of the book is the presentation and review of studies that have not been published previously in readily accessible forms (e.g. agency reports, project reports, etc.). There is a wealth of information in such sources, and Finsterbusch has done us a service by making some of this ma…
Fatal Remedies: The Ironies of Social Intervention
I-Theoretical and Political Perspectives.- 1 The Problem in Perspective.- 2 Regressive Intervention in Contemporary Theory and Research.- II-Conversion Mechanisms: Patterns of Reverse Effects and Their Sources.- 3 Functional Disruption.- 4 Exploitation.- 5 Goal Displacement.- 6 Provocation.- 7 Classification.- 8 Overcommitment.- 9 Placation.- III-Summary and Implications for Theory and Policy.- 10 Summary.- 11 Implications for Social Theory.- 12 …
World Modernization: The Limits of Convergence
The Rationalization of Social Science Research in Policy Studies
Demonstrating the Value of Mini Surveys in Social Research
The informative value of mini surveys (surveys of samples of 20 to 80 respondents) is described and illustrated. The declining marginal utility of each additional respondent makes mini surveys efficient. They give a rough idea of the population parameters and can lead to the rejection of hypotheses which differ widely from the evidence. The kind of confidence that can be placed in them is discussed, and it is concluded that they are particularly …
The mini survey: An underemployed research tool
Modernization of warfare
The Unprofitability of Warfare in the Twentieth Century
Analysis of all interstate wars in this century leads to the conclusion that they have generally been unprofitable for all parties. It is further suggested that they are becoming increasingly unprofitable
Evaluating Faculty Performance
Recent rank ordering of nations in terms of level and rate of development
The Prosecutor and the Researcher: Present and Prospective Variations on the Supreme Court's Branzburg Decision
Journal Article The Prosecutor and the Researcher: Present and Prospective Variations on the Supreme Court's Branzburg Decision Get access Paul Nejelski, Paul Nejelski Institute of Judicial Administration and New York University Law School Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Kurt Finsterbusch Kurt Finsterbusch University of Maryland Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google…
France and other countries: A Study of International Interaction
Recent rank ordering of nations in terms of level and rate of development
Beneficiary Participation in Development Projects: Empirical Tests of Popular Theories
Understanding Social Impacts: Assessing the Effects of Public Projects
The mini survey: An underemployed research tool
France and other countries: A Study of International Interaction
The Sociological Literature on Nuclear Issues
In this paper we address the question of the existing and potential role of sociologists in the nuclear debate by first sketching some of the major nuclear issues, second by guaging the extent of professional attention which sociology has focused on nuclear issue. Our focus is on the professional sociological literature. In addition to it there is a vast peace literature which ranges from academic studies to newsletters and propaganda pieces. Soc…
The Rationalization of Social Science Research in Policy Studies
The Prosecutor and the Researcher: Present and Prospective Variations on the Supreme Court's Branzburg Decision
Journal Article The Prosecutor and the Researcher: Present and Prospective Variations on the Supreme Court's Branzburg Decision Get access Paul Nejelski, Paul Nejelski Institute of Judicial Administration and New York University Law School Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Kurt Finsterbusch Kurt Finsterbusch University of Maryland Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google…
France and other countries: A Study of International Interaction
Evaluating Faculty Performance
Recent rank ordering of nations in terms of level and rate of development
The Prosecutor and the Researcher: Present and Prospective Variations on the Supreme Court's Branzburg Decision
Journal Article The Prosecutor and the Researcher: Present and Prospective Variations on the Supreme Court's Branzburg Decision Get access Paul Nejelski, Paul Nejelski Institute of Judicial Administration and New York University Law School Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Kurt Finsterbusch Kurt Finsterbusch University of Maryland Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google…
Modernization of warfare
The Unprofitability of Warfare in the Twentieth Century
Analysis of all interstate wars in this century leads to the conclusion that they have generally been unprofitable for all parties. It is further suggested that they are becoming increasingly unprofitable
Demonstrating the Value of Mini Surveys in Social Research
The informative value of mini surveys (surveys of samples of 20 to 80 respondents) is described and illustrated. The declining marginal utility of each additional respondent makes mini surveys efficient. They give a rough idea of the population parameters and can lead to the rejection of hypotheses which differ widely from the evidence. The kind of confidence that can be placed in them is discussed, and it is concluded that they are particularly …
The mini survey: An underemployed research tool
The Rationalization of Social Science Research in Policy Studies
World Modernization: The Limits of Convergence
Local Social Disruption and Western Energy Development: [A Critical Review]: Commentary
Understanding Social Impacts: Assessing the Effects of Public Projects
Ex Ante and Ex Post Assessment of the Social Consequences of Public Projects and Policies
Understanding Social Impacts: Assessing the Effects of Public Projects
'The book clearly fills a void in the field of social impact assessment and should be well received by researchers involved in the field. One particularly strong point of the book is the presentation and review of studies that have not been published previously in readily accessible forms (e.g. agency reports, project reports, etc.). There is a wealth of information in such sources, and Finsterbusch has done us a service by making some of this ma…
Fatal Remedies: The Ironies of Social Intervention
I-Theoretical and Political Perspectives.- 1 The Problem in Perspective.- 2 Regressive Intervention in Contemporary Theory and Research.- II-Conversion Mechanisms: Patterns of Reverse Effects and Their Sources.- 3 Functional Disruption.- 4 Exploitation.- 5 Goal Displacement.- 6 Provocation.- 7 Classification.- 8 Overcommitment.- 9 Placation.- III-Summary and Implications for Theory and Policy.- 10 Summary.- 11 Implications for Social Theory.- 12 …
Nuclear issues in social research
Organizational Change as a Development Strategy: Models and Tactics for Improving Third World Organizations
Seeking methods to improve organizations in developing countries, this book analyzes the effectiveness of the major types of organizational structures and suggests how each can best be used to achieve particular development goals
Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Social Issues
PART 1. Culture and Values ISSUE 1. Is America in Moral Decline? YES: Gertrude Himmelfarb, from De-Moralization of Society: From Victorian Virtues to Modern Values NO: Everett C. Ladd, from The Myth of Moral Decline, Responsive Community Gertrude Himmelfarb, a professor emeritus of history, details some of increasing moral problems in America and interprets them as being part of a larger pattern, which she calls the de-moralization of society. Ev…
The Sociological Literature on Nuclear Issues
In this paper we address the question of the existing and potential role of sociologists in the nuclear debate by first sketching some of the major nuclear issues, second by guaging the extent of professional attention which sociology has focused on nuclear issue. Our focus is on the professional sociological literature. In addition to it there is a vast peace literature which ranges from academic studies to newsletters and propaganda pieces. Soc…
Response to 'Contingency Theory: The Wrong Door
Three Strategies of Organizational Change: Organizational Development, Organizational Theory and Organizational Design
Beneficiary Participation in Development Projects: Empirical Tests of Popular Theories
A Look at Business Recruitment as a Rural Development Strategy: Some Previous Findings on Business Recruitment Results in Rural Areas
Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Social Issues
Political science (17 works) · Sociology (16 works) · Economics (9 works) · Social science (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Epistemology (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Evaluation and Performance Assessment (4 works)