Social Capital explains the importance of using social connections and social relations in achieving goals. Social capital, or resources accessed through such connections and ...

In the twentieth century, Americans have increasingly looked to the schools--and, in particular, to the nation's colleges and universities--as guardians of the cherished ...

Critics of the policy-making process argue that private interest groups exert too much influence on the decisions of government, but only rarely has this proposition been ...

Managed Professionals is a source book on the negotiated terms of faculty work and a sociological analysis of the restructuring of faculty as a professional workforce. Based on ...

This book argues that the power of science as the most respected and authoritative world view is based on its superior material and organizational resources, not on its ...

Despite the importance of the concept of social structure, sociologists have not agreed on how to define it and discussions have been plagued by confusion. This enlightening ...