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The Tribe As An Ideal Type, Robert K. Thomas Jan 1975

The Tribe As An Ideal Type, Robert K. Thomas

Robert K. Thomas

Following in the tradition of Max Weber (ideal type) and Robert Redfield (forms of social organization), one of Mr. Thomas' mentors, this paper is a seminal part of the development of Relational Theory. Throughout the 60's and 70's it was used as an core paper in the curriculum at Monteith college, Wayne State University.


Why Isn't The Gerbil Moving Anymore? Discussing Death In The Classroom., Gerald P. Koocher Jan 1975

Why Isn't The Gerbil Moving Anymore? Discussing Death In The Classroom., Gerald P. Koocher

Gerald P Koocher

No abstract provided.


Progress In Extractive Metallurgy, Volume 1. Review By G.N. Dobrokhotov, Fathi Habashi Jan 1975

Progress In Extractive Metallurgy, Volume 1. Review By G.N. Dobrokhotov, Fathi Habashi

Fathi Habashi

Review of the first volume of Progress in Extractive Metallurgy edited by Fathi Habashi and published by Gordon & Breach in New York in 1975. The review was written by Professor Dobrokhotov at the Leningrad Mining Institute.


The Logic Of Protest Action, Herman L. Boschken Jan 1975

The Logic Of Protest Action, Herman L. Boschken

Herman L. Boschken

In recent years, there has been a noticeable growth in political protest involving groups of widely diverging interests. The rising incidence of protest seems paradoxical to the apparent growth of affluence in society. This paper attempts to resolve this paradox by contending that most forms of protest are a function of the degree of separation between (a) the values and goals of those controlling collective decision processes and (b) the diversity of interests and aspirations in segmented society at large. Through protest action, disenfranchised groups are able to impose "external" costs on "establishment" regimes that lead to alteration of the …