Sociological Ambivalence and Other Essays /
Robert K. Merton.
- xii, 287 pages. ; 24 centimetres.
Includes bibliographical references.
Sociological ambivalence (with E. Barber)--The ambivalence of scientists--The ambivalence of scientists, a postscript--The ambivalence of physicians--The ambivalence of organizational leaders--Dilemmas in voluntary associations--Structural analysis in sociology--The unanticipated consequences of social action--Social knowledge and public policy--The canons of the anti-sociologist--Discrimination and the American creed--Intermarriage and the social structure--Fact and factitiousness in ethnic opinionnaires.