Leon H Mayhew
Biographic Data
| ID | 3633665 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Leon H Mayhew |
| GIVEN NAMES | Leon H |
| FAMILY NAME | Mayhew |
| SIGNATURE | MAYHEW L H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Davis |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 31 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1968 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The New Public
Professional specialists, using market research and promotional campaigns, have come to dominate public communication. The modern public of the Enlightenment, based on free discussion, has, in Leon Mayhew's terms, been replaced by a 'New Public,' subject to mass persuasion through systematic advertising, lobbying, and other forms of media manipulation. Mayhew examines this sociological development in terms of discourse and social influence, offer…
Talcott Parsons on Institutions and Social Evolution Selected Writings
Parsons is regarded, by admirers and critics alike, as a major creator of the sociological thought of our time. Despite the universal recognition of his influence, however, Parsons's thought is not well understood, in part because his work presents the reader with almost legendary difficulties. Most of his important essays and books presume that the reader is familiar with his rather specialized vocabulary, and even when Parsons begins by definin…
The Sociology of Talcott Parsons
Institutions of Representation
Discussion of the distribution and delivery of legal services usually turns on the problem of civil justice for the poor. Our attention is so dominated by the problems of distributive justice for the poor that we ignore the more general problem of civil justice for the public.In Western society the primary function of law has been the protection and regulation of property. Indeed, the earliest liberal conceptions of public life are founded on the…
Teleology and Values in the Social System
Law and Equal Opportunity
Law and Society
Law and Equal Opportunity
Institutions of Representation
Discussion of the distribution and delivery of legal services usually turns on the problem of civil justice for the poor. Our attention is so dominated by the problems of distributive justice for the poor that we ignore the more general problem of civil justice for the public.In Western society the primary function of law has been the protection and regulation of property. Indeed, the earliest liberal conceptions of public life are founded on the…
Talcott Parsons on Institutions and Social Evolution Selected Writings
Parsons is regarded, by admirers and critics alike, as a major creator of the sociological thought of our time. Despite the universal recognition of his influence, however, Parsons's thought is not well understood, in part because his work presents the reader with almost legendary difficulties. Most of his important essays and books presume that the reader is familiar with his rather specialized vocabulary, and even when Parsons begins by definin…
The Sociology of Talcott Parsons
Law and Equal Opportunity
Law and Equal Opportunity
Law and Society
Teleology and Values in the Social System
Institutions of Representation
Discussion of the distribution and delivery of legal services usually turns on the problem of civil justice for the poor. Our attention is so dominated by the problems of distributive justice for the poor that we ignore the more general problem of civil justice for the public.In Western society the primary function of law has been the protection and regulation of property. Indeed, the earliest liberal conceptions of public life are founded on the…
Talcott Parsons on Institutions and Social Evolution Selected Writings
Parsons is regarded, by admirers and critics alike, as a major creator of the sociological thought of our time. Despite the universal recognition of his influence, however, Parsons's thought is not well understood, in part because his work presents the reader with almost legendary difficulties. Most of his important essays and books presume that the reader is familiar with his rather specialized vocabulary, and even when Parsons begins by definin…
The Sociology of Talcott Parsons
The New Public
Professional specialists, using market research and promotional campaigns, have come to dominate public communication. The modern public of the Enlightenment, based on free discussion, has, in Leon Mayhew's terms, been replaced by a 'New Public,' subject to mass persuasion through systematic advertising, lobbying, and other forms of media manipulation. Mayhew examines this sociological development in terms of discourse and social influence, offer…
Sociology (7 works) · Political science (4 works) · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Law (2 works) · Law and economics (2 works)