The Social Fabric
Dimensions and Issues
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11087579 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard Robbins (corresponding author), James F Short |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 124 |
| Publication date | 1988-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-3061 • E-ISSN: 1939-8638 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2069487 |
| OpenAlex | W2120908684 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
Preface - James F Short Jr INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW The Social Fabric as Metaphor and Reality - James F Short Jr PART ONE: HOW IS SOCIAL ORDER POSSIBLE? From Structure to Order - Neil Smelser Individual Choice and the Social Order - William J Goode Institutionalized Public Memory - Mary Douglas A Conceptual Framework for Measuring Norms - Peter H Rossi and Richard A Berk The Problem of Order - Morris Zelditch Jr PART TWO: THE ORWELLIAN VISION: SOCIOLOGICAL INTERPRETATIONS Orwell as Macro-sociologist - Morris Janowitz War and Peace in Oceania - Kai Erikson The Iron fist and the Velvet Glove - Gary T Marx Totalitarian Potentials Within Democratic Structures PART THREE: SOCIAL SYSTEMS, INSTITUTIONS, AND PROCESSES To What Degree is a Social System Dependent on its Resource Base? - William R Catton Jr, Gerhard Lenski, and Fred H Buttel The Limits and Possibilities of Government - Richard D Schwartz A Perspective from Sociology of Law Government and the Making of Social Structure - Thomas S Moore and S M Miller Wheeling and Annealing - Eric M Leifer and Harrison C White Federal and Multidivisional Control Citizen Soldier Versus Economic Man - Charles C Moskos Social History and the Life Course Perspective on the Family - Irving Tallman A View from the Bridge Religion and the Social Fabric - Robert Wuthnow Media Linkages of the Social Fabric - Sandra Ball-Rokeach PART FOUR: SCIENCE, SCIENTISTS, AND THE SOCIAL FABRIC Sociology and the Nuclear Debate - Theodore Caplow Uses and Control of Knowledge - Harriet Zuckerman Implications for the Social Fabric
Sociology · Academic Research and Education Studies · Bangladesh Politics, Society, and Development
Hazards, Risks, and Enterprise
The social and political control of knowledge in modern societies
Churning firms in stable markets
Reflections on Disciplines and Fields, Problems, Policies, and Life
Family Development and the Life Course
The Secularization of Spanish Society
Why Europe should not fear the Germans
Data Retention and the Panoptic Society
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,22 |
| Citation span | 1990 - 2017 (28) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |