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The Role of Social Policy Research in Society and in Sociology.
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Coleman, James S. – American Sociologist, 1987
Contends that changes in the dominant mode of social research since 1900 have mirrored changes in the structure of society. States that graduate training in sociology must begin to define itself in relation to the functioning of modern society or face the danger of becoming "that in which no one else is interested." (Author/BSR)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Social Action, Social Change, Social Science Research