edited by Terence C. Halliday and Morris Janowitz
University of Chicago Press, 1992
Cloth: 978-0-226-31379-5 | Paper: 978-0-226-31380-1
Library of Congress Classification HM22.U5S574 1992
Dewey Decimal Classification 301.0973

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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Sociology faces troubling developments as it enters its second century in the United States. A loss of theoretical coherence and a sense of disciplinary fragmentation, a decline in the quality of its recruits, the cooptation of its clients, a muted public voice, and sinking prestige in governmental circles—these are only a few of the trends signalling a need for renewed debate about how sociology is organized. In this volume, some of the most authoritative voices in the field confront these conditions, offering a variety of perspectives as they challenge sociologists to self-examination.