Michael D Grimes
Biographic Data
| ID | 85344 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael D Grimes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael D |
| FAMILY NAME | Grimes |
| SIGNATURE | GRIMES M D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Louisiana State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 56 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Caught in the Middle: Contradictions in the Lives of Sociologists from Working-Class Backgrounds
Caught in the Middle: Contradictions in the Lives of Sociologists from Working-Class Backgrounds
Caught in the Middle: Contradictions in the Lives of Sociologists from Working-Class Backgrounds
When individuals from working-class backgrounds seek entry into the upper-middle-class world of academia, they often encounter difficulties. Examining the professional and personal lives of a group of sociologists from working class backgrounds, this extensive study finds that despite their successes as Ph.D. recipients, these scholars have suffered structural, interpersonal, and personal consequences that are linked to that class background. Man…
Paradigm Shifts in Family Sociology? Evidence From Three Decades of Family Textbooks
This article explores paradigm shifts in family sociology from the 1960s to the 1990s using a thematic content analysis of 7 multiple-edition texts. Two competing views on theoretical developments are examined. David Cheal claims that challenges posed to structural functionalist hegemony resulted in theoretical pluralism and an end to this hegemony. Dorothy Smith argues that Parson's theoretical assumptions are so deeply embedded in the discourse…
Class, Self-Perception, and Racial Group Identification Among African Americans
This paper examines the saliency of class location for African Americans employing Barrera's (1979) model of multi-racial/ethnic capitalist societies. It employs data from the National Survey of Black Americans to test hypotheses linking class location to two important consequences of the life chances of members of the African-American minority: self-perception and racial group identification. Wright's (1985) exploitation-based model of the class…
Class in Twentieth-Century American Sociology: An Analysis of Theories and Measurement Strategies
Preface Introduction The Study of Class in American Sociology The Analysis of Class Inequality in Early American Sociology The Emergence of Functionalist Theories of Class Inequality Early Functionalism: Social Anthropological Analyses of Class Inequality in American Community Life The Functionalist Perspective on Class Inequality Applying the Functionalist Perspective on Class Inequality in Social Science Research The Emergence of Conflict Theor…
Class in Twentieth-Century American Sociology: An Analysis of Theories and Measurement Strategies
Class and Attitudes Toward Structural Inequalities: An Empirical Comparison of Key Variables in Neo- and Post-Marxist Scholarship
This article addresses a key issue within radical social science scholarship—the importance of class in modern capitalist society. Two different perspectives on the issue are discussed: the neo-Marxist, which continues to view class as the central structural variable; and the post-Marxist, which contends that other variables such as race, sex, and authority are potentially either additional or alternative structural influences. After developing a…
External’vs. 'Social Constructionist’Models in the Sociology of Knowledge: Alternative or Complementary Approaches
This paper assesses the relative utilities of two models for examining the relationship between the sociohistorical context and thought–a traditional external approach as exemplified by Coser and a social constructionist approach offered by Scimecca –using Parsons’functionalist theory of social inequality as a test case. Both models are externalist in that they focus on existential influences on thought, and, for this reason, the models are compa…
The Functionalist Perspective on Social Inequality: Some Neglected Theoretical and Conceptual Roots
This paper outlines the origins of the functionalist perspective as it was used by American social scientists to explain social inequality during the first four decades of the twentieth century. The author then argues against the assumption that the basis for development of the perspective is found in the work of Parsons and his students who applied Parsons'general framework to studies of social inequality in complex industrial society. Instead, …
Response bias in sex-role attitude measurement
Professionalism and Conflict in a Bureaucratic Setting: The Case of a Teachers' Strike
Although teacher militancy has become increasingly prevalent in the United States, little attention has been focused on teachers' political activities, especially their participation in strikes. We studied a school district which experienced a brief but intense teacher strike in 1979 to find out who strikes and how strikers and nonstrikers differ on issues thought to be related to a strike's occurrence. Unlike previous researchers, we used a theo…
Neighborhoods that Work: Sources for Viability in the Inner City
Communities: A Survey of Theories and Methods of Research
Public Support for Environmental Protection: New Evidence from National Surveys
The amount of support given environmental protection relative to that given ten other problem areas did not decline between 1973 (immediately prior to the “energy crisis”) and 1978. Analysis of the sources of public support for environmental protection revealed that only age had a substantial independent effect (β = −.168) on environmental priority scores
Outdoor recreation and environmental concern: A reexamination of the Dunlap‐Heffernan thesis∗
The hypothesis proposed by Dunlap and Heffernan (1975) that involvement in outdoor recreational activities leads to greater concern with the natural environment is reassessed in this article. In contrast to earlier research, the findings suggest that recreationally active respondents do not differ greatly from inactives in levels of environmental concern. Tests of a multivariate model that included not only the recreational activity measure but a…
Power, Paradigms, and Community Research
The "Ecological Approach" and Community Leadership
The Bureaucratization of the World
Community Structure and Leadership Arrangements: A Multidimensional Analysis
The approach to explaining variations in power structure and the current use of undimensional models of leadership structure are the major concerns here. This investigation attempts to overcome some of the problems associated with previous efforts by relating community structural variables to leadership arrangements, paying special attention to the results obtained when three alternative measures of reputational leadership-visibility, legitimacy …
Community Power and Policy Outputs: A Review of Urban Research. Terry N. Clark
Some Issues in the Study of Bureaucracy and Alienation
Anderson's “Reactions to a Study of Bureaucracy and Alienation” appear to be based on (1) only one of several acceptable conceptualizations of alienation, (2) a macro- as opposed to micro-sociological orientation, and (3) the notion that statistical techniques should influence conceptualization. These issues and others are discussed and, for the most part, are found to be inappropriate for our research problem and data. The alternative design sug…
Bureaucracy and Alienation: A Dimensional Approach
The generalization that there exists a direct relationship between bureaucratization and alienation is modified by examining the relationships between five bureaucratic characteristics and six forms of alienation among samples of hourly paid workers, salaried managers, and independent businessmen. The data do not support the broad generalization that such a direct relationship exists, but some patterns of relationships are suggestive for future r…
Community Structure and Leadership Arrangements: A Multidimensional Analysis
The approach to explaining variations in power structure and the current use of undimensional models of leadership structure are the major concerns here. This investigation attempts to overcome some of the problems associated with previous efforts by relating community structural variables to leadership arrangements, paying special attention to the results obtained when three alternative measures of reputational leadership-visibility, legitimacy …
Public Support for Environmental Protection: New Evidence from National Surveys
The amount of support given environmental protection relative to that given ten other problem areas did not decline between 1973 (immediately prior to the “energy crisis”) and 1978. Analysis of the sources of public support for environmental protection revealed that only age had a substantial independent effect (β = −.168) on environmental priority scores
Paradigm Shifts in Family Sociology? Evidence From Three Decades of Family Textbooks
This article explores paradigm shifts in family sociology from the 1960s to the 1990s using a thematic content analysis of 7 multiple-edition texts. Two competing views on theoretical developments are examined. David Cheal claims that challenges posed to structural functionalist hegemony resulted in theoretical pluralism and an end to this hegemony. Dorothy Smith argues that Parson's theoretical assumptions are so deeply embedded in the discourse…
Class and Attitudes Toward Structural Inequalities: An Empirical Comparison of Key Variables in Neo- and Post-Marxist Scholarship
This article addresses a key issue within radical social science scholarship—the importance of class in modern capitalist society. Two different perspectives on the issue are discussed: the neo-Marxist, which continues to view class as the central structural variable; and the post-Marxist, which contends that other variables such as race, sex, and authority are potentially either additional or alternative structural influences. After developing a…
Outdoor recreation and environmental concern: A reexamination of the Dunlap‐Heffernan thesis∗
The hypothesis proposed by Dunlap and Heffernan (1975) that involvement in outdoor recreational activities leads to greater concern with the natural environment is reassessed in this article. In contrast to earlier research, the findings suggest that recreationally active respondents do not differ greatly from inactives in levels of environmental concern. Tests of a multivariate model that included not only the recreational activity measure but a…
Response bias in sex-role attitude measurement
Caught in the Middle: Contradictions in the Lives of Sociologists from Working-Class Backgrounds
Class, Self-Perception, and Racial Group Identification Among African Americans
This paper examines the saliency of class location for African Americans employing Barrera's (1979) model of multi-racial/ethnic capitalist societies. It employs data from the National Survey of Black Americans to test hypotheses linking class location to two important consequences of the life chances of members of the African-American minority: self-perception and racial group identification. Wright's (1985) exploitation-based model of the class…
Professionalism and Conflict in a Bureaucratic Setting: The Case of a Teachers' Strike
Although teacher militancy has become increasingly prevalent in the United States, little attention has been focused on teachers' political activities, especially their participation in strikes. We studied a school district which experienced a brief but intense teacher strike in 1979 to find out who strikes and how strikers and nonstrikers differ on issues thought to be related to a strike's occurrence. Unlike previous researchers, we used a theo…
Bureaucracy and Alienation: A Dimensional Approach
The generalization that there exists a direct relationship between bureaucratization and alienation is modified by examining the relationships between five bureaucratic characteristics and six forms of alienation among samples of hourly paid workers, salaried managers, and independent businessmen. The data do not support the broad generalization that such a direct relationship exists, but some patterns of relationships are suggestive for future r…
Some Issues in the Study of Bureaucracy and Alienation
Anderson's “Reactions to a Study of Bureaucracy and Alienation” appear to be based on (1) only one of several acceptable conceptualizations of alienation, (2) a macro- as opposed to micro-sociological orientation, and (3) the notion that statistical techniques should influence conceptualization. These issues and others are discussed and, for the most part, are found to be inappropriate for our research problem and data. The alternative design sug…
Community Power and Policy Outputs: A Review of Urban Research. Terry N. Clark
Community Structure and Leadership Arrangements: A Multidimensional Analysis
The approach to explaining variations in power structure and the current use of undimensional models of leadership structure are the major concerns here. This investigation attempts to overcome some of the problems associated with previous efforts by relating community structural variables to leadership arrangements, paying special attention to the results obtained when three alternative measures of reputational leadership-visibility, legitimacy …
The Bureaucratization of the World
Outdoor recreation and environmental concern: A reexamination of the Dunlap‐Heffernan thesis∗
The hypothesis proposed by Dunlap and Heffernan (1975) that involvement in outdoor recreational activities leads to greater concern with the natural environment is reassessed in this article. In contrast to earlier research, the findings suggest that recreationally active respondents do not differ greatly from inactives in levels of environmental concern. Tests of a multivariate model that included not only the recreational activity measure but a…
Power, Paradigms, and Community Research
The "Ecological Approach" and Community Leadership
Communities: A Survey of Theories and Methods of Research
Public Support for Environmental Protection: New Evidence from National Surveys
The amount of support given environmental protection relative to that given ten other problem areas did not decline between 1973 (immediately prior to the “energy crisis”) and 1978. Analysis of the sources of public support for environmental protection revealed that only age had a substantial independent effect (β = −.168) on environmental priority scores
Neighborhoods that Work: Sources for Viability in the Inner City
Professionalism and Conflict in a Bureaucratic Setting: The Case of a Teachers' Strike
Although teacher militancy has become increasingly prevalent in the United States, little attention has been focused on teachers' political activities, especially their participation in strikes. We studied a school district which experienced a brief but intense teacher strike in 1979 to find out who strikes and how strikers and nonstrikers differ on issues thought to be related to a strike's occurrence. Unlike previous researchers, we used a theo…
Response bias in sex-role attitude measurement
External’vs. 'Social Constructionist’Models in the Sociology of Knowledge: Alternative or Complementary Approaches
This paper assesses the relative utilities of two models for examining the relationship between the sociohistorical context and thought–a traditional external approach as exemplified by Coser and a social constructionist approach offered by Scimecca –using Parsons’functionalist theory of social inequality as a test case. Both models are externalist in that they focus on existential influences on thought, and, for this reason, the models are compa…
The Functionalist Perspective on Social Inequality: Some Neglected Theoretical and Conceptual Roots
This paper outlines the origins of the functionalist perspective as it was used by American social scientists to explain social inequality during the first four decades of the twentieth century. The author then argues against the assumption that the basis for development of the perspective is found in the work of Parsons and his students who applied Parsons'general framework to studies of social inequality in complex industrial society. Instead, …
Class and Attitudes Toward Structural Inequalities: An Empirical Comparison of Key Variables in Neo- and Post-Marxist Scholarship
This article addresses a key issue within radical social science scholarship—the importance of class in modern capitalist society. Two different perspectives on the issue are discussed: the neo-Marxist, which continues to view class as the central structural variable; and the post-Marxist, which contends that other variables such as race, sex, and authority are potentially either additional or alternative structural influences. After developing a…
Class in Twentieth-Century American Sociology: An Analysis of Theories and Measurement Strategies
Class in Twentieth-Century American Sociology: An Analysis of Theories and Measurement Strategies
Preface Introduction The Study of Class in American Sociology The Analysis of Class Inequality in Early American Sociology The Emergence of Functionalist Theories of Class Inequality Early Functionalism: Social Anthropological Analyses of Class Inequality in American Community Life The Functionalist Perspective on Class Inequality Applying the Functionalist Perspective on Class Inequality in Social Science Research The Emergence of Conflict Theor…
Class, Self-Perception, and Racial Group Identification Among African Americans
This paper examines the saliency of class location for African Americans employing Barrera's (1979) model of multi-racial/ethnic capitalist societies. It employs data from the National Survey of Black Americans to test hypotheses linking class location to two important consequences of the life chances of members of the African-American minority: self-perception and racial group identification. Wright's (1985) exploitation-based model of the class…
Caught in the Middle: Contradictions in the Lives of Sociologists from Working-Class Backgrounds
When individuals from working-class backgrounds seek entry into the upper-middle-class world of academia, they often encounter difficulties. Examining the professional and personal lives of a group of sociologists from working class backgrounds, this extensive study finds that despite their successes as Ph.D. recipients, these scholars have suffered structural, interpersonal, and personal consequences that are linked to that class background. Man…
Paradigm Shifts in Family Sociology? Evidence From Three Decades of Family Textbooks
This article explores paradigm shifts in family sociology from the 1960s to the 1990s using a thematic content analysis of 7 multiple-edition texts. Two competing views on theoretical developments are examined. David Cheal claims that challenges posed to structural functionalist hegemony resulted in theoretical pluralism and an end to this hegemony. Dorothy Smith argues that Parson's theoretical assumptions are so deeply embedded in the discourse…
Caught in the Middle: Contradictions in the Lives of Sociologists from Working-Class Backgrounds
Caught in the Middle: Contradictions in the Lives of Sociologists from Working-Class Backgrounds
Sociology (19 works) · Political science (17 works) · Law (12 works) · Epistemology (11 works) · Philosophy (10 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Politics (8 works) · Social and Cultural Dynamics (8 works) · Social science (8 works) · Law (7 works)