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Alvin W. Gouldner
Researcher at Washington University in St. Louis
Publications - 87
Citations - 23685
Alvin W. Gouldner is an academic researcher from Washington University in St. Louis. The author has contributed to research in topics: Social theory & Ideology. The author has an hindex of 37, co-authored 87 publications receiving 22742 citations. Previous affiliations of Alvin W. Gouldner include University of Amsterdam & Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences.
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The norm of reciprocity: a preliminary statement *
TL;DR: The notion of complementarity and reciprocity in functional theory is explored in this article, enabling a reanalysis of the concepts of "survival" and "exploitation" and the need to distinguish between complementarity, reciprocity, and the generalized moral norm of reciprocity.
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Patterns of Industrial Bureaucracy.
TL;DR: In this article, an investigation of singel factory seen in the light of Max Weber's theory of bureacracy is described, and a partial report, to be followed by another, is given.
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Patterns of industrial bureaucracy
TL;DR: In this article, an investigation of singel factory seen in the light of Max Weber's theory of bureacracy is described, and a partial report, to be followed by another, is given.
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The Coming Crisis of Western Sociology
TL;DR: The coming crisis of Parsonsian theory is not comin', it has arrived as discussed by the authors, and Parsonsian theories do not equal Western sociology, despite the misconceptions communicated by its title, the book does have some merits, but these are far outweighed by its liabilities.