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The Organization of Academic Work
This book originated in an analysis of government bureaucracies. Peter Blau was led to wonder whether corresponding patterns are observable in the administrative structures of other types of organisations. This text examines the institutions of higher education, which Blau believes are the formal or... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1994 -
Crosscutting Social Circles: Testing a Macrostructural Theory of Intergroup Relations
Crosscutting Social Circles describes a theory of groups' relations to each other, and tests the theory in the 125 largest metropolitan areas In the United States. The focus is on the Influence social structure exerts on intergroup relations. Blau and Schwartz show how role relations are influenced ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1997 -
Being Bodies (Conjunctions #69)
by Maud Casey • Edward Carey • Rick Moody • Bradford Morrow • Kyoko Mori • Peter Orner • Elizabeth Gaffney • Nomi Eve • Stephen O'Connor • Sallie Tisdale • Carole Maso • Michael M. Weinstein • Aurelie Sheehan • Anne Waldman • Dina Nayeri • Forrest Gander • Rosamond Purcell • Jessica Reed • Mary Caponegro • Rachel Blau DuPlessis • Bin Ramke • Sejal Shah • Samantha Stiers • Kristen Posehn • Alan Rossi • Gregory Norman Bossert • Fern Seiden • Jorge Ángel Pérez • Jean Osman • Emily Geminder • Michael IvesThe human body is admired, displayed, and dissected in this eclectic collection of stories, poems, and essays from Rick Moody, Edward Carey, and more. Being Bodies is an exploration of the complex circumstances of our flesh-and-blood existence. Our bodies dance; they’re inked; they contain prosthet... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017