Sociological ambivalence and other essays /
Robert K. Merton.
- New York : Free Press, c1976.
- xii, 287 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Sociological ambivalence (with E. Barber).--The ambivalence of scientists.--The ambivalence of scientists, a postscript.--The ambivalence of physicians.--The ambivalence of organizational leaders.--Dilemmas in voluntary associations.--Structural analysis in sociology.--The unanticipated consequences of social action.--Social knowledge and public policy.--The canons of the anti-sociologist.--Discrimination and the American creed.--Intermarriage and the social structure.--Fact and factitiousness in ethnic opinionnaires.