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"This volume is a one-of-a-kind contribution to applied social science and the product of a long collaboration between an established, interdisciplinary sociologist and a successful banking executive. Together, Neil Smelser and John Reed use a straightforward approach to presenting substantive...

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Main Authors: Smelser, Neil J. (Author), Reed, John S. (John Shepard), 1939- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2012.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:"This volume is a one-of-a-kind contribution to applied social science and the product of a long collaboration between an established, interdisciplinary sociologist and a successful banking executive. Together, Neil Smelser and John Reed use a straightforward approach to presenting substantive social science knowledge and indicate its relevance and applicability to decision-making, problem-solving and policy-making. Among the areas presented are space-and-time coordinates of social life; cognition and bias; group and network effects; the role of sanctions; organizational dynamics; and macro-changes associated with economic development. Finally, the authors look at the big picture of why society at large demands and needs social-science knowledge, and how the academy actually supplies relevant knowledge."--
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 423 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-409) and index.
ISBN:9780520954144
0520954149
6613958832
9786613958839
1283646331
9781283646338

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