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Books by Neil Smelser
  | | Usable Social Science(1st Edition) by Neil J. Smelser, John Shepard Reed, John Shelton Reed Hardcover, 416 Pages, Published 2012 by University Of California Press ISBN-13: 978-0-520-27356-6, ISBN: 0-520-27356-7 "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 prese ..." |
 | | The Faces of Terrorism Social and Psychological Dimensions (Science Essentials) by Neil J. Smelser Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2010 by Princeton University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-691-14935-6, ISBN: 0-691-14935-6 "Terrorism is the most clear and present danger we confront today, yet no phenomenon is more poorly understood by policymakers, the media, and the general public. The Faces of Terrorism is the first serious interdisciplinary examination of terrorism in all its facets. What gives rise to it, who are its proponents and how do they think, and how--and why--does it work? Neil Smelser begins by tackling the fundamental problem of def ..." |
 | | Effective Committee Service(1st Edition) (Survival Skills for Scholars) by Neil J. Smelser Paperback, 108 Pages, Published 1993 by Sage Publications, Inc ISBN-13: 978-0-8039-4819-8, ISBN: 0-8039-4819-0 "Drawing on the author's extensive experience in the field, this book demystifies the committee. It explains how to get on certain committees and avoid others, how to get committee work done efficiently, how to ensure that your views are properly represented, how chairing a committee can help direct its outcome, and how to use committees to advance your academic career." |
 | | Sociological Theory - A Contemporary View How to Read, Criticize and Do Theory (Classics of the Social Sciences) by Neil J. Smelser, Arlie Russell Hochschild Paperback, 154 Pages, Published 2011 by Quid Pro, Llc ISBN-13: 978-1-61027-052-6, ISBN: 1-61027-052-5 "A pithy and clear guide to the process of creating and evaluating theory in the social sciences. Using a simple model of theory creation and assessment--and applying it in depth to foundational and still-relevant social and economic theorists such as Durkheim, Marx and Parsons--Neil Smelser shows the way to a better understanding of what social theory is supposed to accomplish and how it can be read critically. First appearing in 19 ..." |
 | | Reflections on the University of California From the Free Speech Movement to the Global University by Neil J. Smelser Hardcover, 392 Pages, Published 2010 by University Of California Press ISBN-13: 978-0-520-26096-2, ISBN: 0-520-26096-1 "These invaluable essays offer an insider's perspective on three decades at a major American university during a time of political turmoil. Neil J. Smelser, who spent thirty-six years as a professor of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, sheds new light on a full range of the issues that dominated virtually all institutions of higher learning during the second half of the twentieth century. Smelser considers student acti ..." |
 | | Comparative Methods in the Social Sciences by Neil J. Smelser Paperback, 268 Pages, Published 2013 by Quid Pro, Llc ISBN-13: 978-1-61027-170-7, ISBN: 1-61027-170-X "Even after teaching generations of social scientists, Neil Smelser's classic study remains the most definitive statement of methodological issues for comparative scholars in political science, anthropology, sociology, economics, and psychology. These issues are timeless and therefore the lucid analysis remains timely and relevant—offering a unique clarity to working scholars, as well as students fighting their way through the methodolog ..." |
 | | The Social Edges of Psychoanalysis by Neil J. Smelser, Nj Smelser Hardcover, 283 Pages, Published 1999 by University Of California Press ISBN-13: 978-0-520-21489-7, ISBN: 0-520-21489-7 "For several decades the writings of sociologist Neil J. Smelser have won him a vast and admiring audience across several disciplines. Best known for his work on social movements, economic sociology, and British social history, Smelser's psychoanalytic writings are less familiar to his readers. In fact, many people are completely unaware of Smelser's formal psychoanalytic training and ongoing counseling practice. With the publication of ..." |
 | | Problematics of Sociology(1st Edition) The Georg Simmel Lectures, 1995 by Neil J. Smelser, Hans-Peter Müller Hardcover, 138 Pages, Published 1997 by University Of California Press ISBN-13: 978-0-520-20675-5, ISBN: 0-520-20675-4 "These skillfully written essays are based on the Georg Simmel Lectures delivered by Neil J. Smelser at Humboldt University in Berlin in the spring of 1995. It is a distillation of Smelser's reflections after nearly four decades of research, teaching, and thought in the field of sociology, the essays identify, as he says in the first chapter, '...some central problematics - those generic, recurrent, never resolved and never completely re ..." |
 | | The Handbook of Economic Sociology(Updated) by Neil J. Smelser, Richard Swedberg, Princeton University Press Paperback, 848 Pages, Published 1995 by Princeton University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-691-04485-9, ISBN: 0-691-04485-6 "During recent years social scientists have come to reaffirm that understanding almost any facet of social life requires a simultaneous understanding of how economic institutions work and how they are influenced by values and norms. Sociology, and especially economic sociology, is well equipped to be of assistance in this endeavor. Neil Smelser and Richard Swedberg bring together leading sociologists, economists, and political scientists ..." |
 | | Themes of Work and Love in Adulthood (Harvard Paperbacks) by Neil J. Smelser, Erik Homburger Erikson, Neil Smesler, Nj Smelser Paperback, 307 Pages, Published 1981 by Harvard University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-674-87751-1, ISBN: 0-674-87751-9 "To love and to work, Freud's famous definition of psychological maturity, here becomes the focussing principle for a renewed examination of the dominant themes that play themselves out in adult life. Erik Erikson, Neil Smelser, and nine leading experts in adult development consider the stages that adults pass through and the crises that adults confront as they attempt to create a meaningful life.Themes of Work and Love in Adulthood is a ..." |
 | | Getting Sociology Right(1st Edition) A Half-Century of Reflections by Neil J. Smelser Hardcover, 336 Pages, Published 2014 by University Of California Press ISBN-13: 978-0-520-28207-0, ISBN: 0-520-28207-8 "Borgatta, Edgar F., and Karen S. Cook, eds. 1988a. The Future of Sociology. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications. Borgatta, Edgar F., and Karen S. Cook. 1988b. “Sociology and Its Future.” In The Future of Sociology, edited by Edgar F. Borgatta and Karen S. Cook, 11–17. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications. Cook , Karen S., and Kenneth C. Pike. 1988. “Social Psychology: Models of Action, Reaction, and Interaction.” In The Future of Soc ..." |
 | | Dynamics of the Contemporary University(1st Edition) Growth, Accretion, and Conflict by Neil J. Smelser Hardcover, 152 Pages, Published 2013 by University Of California Press ISBN-13: 978-0-520-27581-2, ISBN: 0-520-27581-0 "This book is an expanded version of the Clark Kerr Lectures of 2012, delivered by Neil Smelser at the University of California at Berkeley in January and February of that year. The initial exposition is of a theory of change - labeled structural accretion - that has characterized the history of American higher education, mainly (but not exclusively) of universities. The essence of the theory is that institutions of higher education prog ..." |
 | | The Odyssey Experience Physical, Social, Psychological, and Spiritual Journeys by Neil J. Smelser, Nj Smelser Hardcover, 286 Pages, Published 2009 by University Of California Press ISBN-13: 978-0-520-25897-6, ISBN: 0-520-25897-5 "This bold and innovative book traces the phenomenon of the "odyssey" experience as it shapes, informs, and defines our lives. Drawing on an astonishing range of examples, Neil J. Smelser focuses on how such experiences enhance our lives and provide us with meaning and dignity. The odyssey experience, as Smelser advances it, is generic, widespread, and recurring. It is a finite period of disengagement from the routines of life and immers ..." |
 | | Cultural Trauma and Collective Identity(1st Edition) by Jeffrey C. Alexander, Ron Eyerman, Neil J. Smelser, Piotr Sztompka, Bernard Giesen, Bernhard Giesen, Jc Alexander Paperback, 326 Pages, Published 2004 by University Of California Press ISBN-13: 978-0-520-23595-3, ISBN: 0-520-23595-9 "In this collaboratively authored work, five distinguished sociologists develop an ambitious theoretical model of "cultural trauma"―and on this basis build a new understanding of how social groups interact with emotion to create new and binding understandings of social responsibility. Looking at the "meaning making process" as an open-ended social dialogue in which strikingly different social narratives vie for influence, they outline a ..." |
 | | America Becoming Racial Trends and Their Consequences, Volume 1 by National Research Council, Faith Mitchell, William Julius Wilson, Neil J. Smelser, Social Sciences, Commission On Behavioral, Division Of Behavioral Paperback, 480 Pages, Published 2001 by National Academies Press ISBN-13: 978-0-309-06838-3, ISBN: 0-309-06838-X "The 20th Century has been marked by enormous change in terms of how we define race. In large part, we have thrown out the antiquated notions of the 1800s, giving way to a more realistic, sociocultural view of the world. The United States is, perhaps more than any other industrialized country, distinguished by the size and diversity of its racial and ethnic minority populations. Current trends promise that these features will endure. Fif ..." |
 | | The sociology of economic life(2nd Edition) (Prentice-Hall foundations of modern sociology series) by Neil J. Smelser Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 1976 by Prentice Hall ISBN-13: 978-0-13-821561-3, ISBN: 0-13-821561-8 |
 | | The Social Importance of Self-Esteem by Andrew Mecca, John Vasconcellos, Neil J. Smelser Paperback, 372 Pages, Published 1989 by University Of California Press ISBN-13: 978-0-520-06709-7, ISBN: 0-520-06709-6 "Is the well-being of a society dependent on the well-being of its citizenry? Does individual self-esteem play a causal role in chronic social problems such as child abuse, school drop-out rates, teenage pregnancy, alcohol and drug abuse, welfare dependency? In an attempt to answer these questions, the State of California established a task force on self-esteem and social responsibility in 1987. The aim of this body was to determine what ..." |
 | | Theory of Collective Behavior by Neil J. Smelser, Gary T. Marx Paperback, 382 Pages, Published 2011 by Quid Pro, Llc ISBN-13: 978-1-61027-084-7, ISBN: 1-61027-084-3 "The golden anniversary edition of "THEORY OF COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR" from Quid Pro Books is a modern take on a sociological and social psychology classic. Featuring a reflective new Preface by the author and an extensive, analytical Foreword by MIT's Gary Marx, it is an authorized and painstaking edition-not just scanned and forgotten like most such reprints today. As part of the "Classics of the Social Sciences" Series, it features qualit ..." |
 | | The Faces of Terrorism(1st Edition) Social and Psychological Dimensions (Science Essentials) by Neil J. Smelser Hardcover, 288 Pages, Published 2007 by Princeton University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-691-13308-9, ISBN: 0-691-13308-5 " Terrorism is the most clear and present danger we confront today, yet no phenomenon is more poorly understood by policymakers, the media, and the general public. The Faces of Terrorism is the first serious interdisciplinary examination of terrorism in all its facets. What gives rise to it, who are its proponents and how do they think, and how--and why--does it work? Neil Smelser begins by tackling the fundamental problem of defini ..." |
 | | The Handbook of Economic Sociology(2nd Edition) Second edition by Neil J. Smelser, Richard Swedberg, Richard H. Swedberg, Nj Smelser Paperback, 752 Pages, Published 2005 by Princeton University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-691-12126-0, ISBN: 0-691-12126-5 " The Handbook of Economic Sociology, Second Edition is the most comprehensive and up-to-date treatment of economic sociology available. The first edition, copublished in 1994 by Princeton University Press and the Russell Sage Foundation as a synthesis of the burgeoning field of economic sociology, soon established itself as the definitive presentation of the field, and has been widely read, reviewed, and adopted. Since then, ..." |
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