Social Theory and Social Structure

Contents: Preface. Introduction. I. Sociological theory: 1. Manifest and latent functions. 2. The bearing of sociological theory on empirical research. 3. The bearing of empirical research on sociological theory. II. Studies social and cultural structure: 4. Social structure and anomie. 5. Continuities in the theory of social structure and anomie. 6. Bureaucratic structure and personality. 7. Role of the intellectual in public bureaucracy. 8. Contributions to the theory of reference group behavior (with Alice S. Rossi). 9. Continuities in the theory of reference groups and social structure. 10. Patterns of influence: local and cosmopolitau influentials. 11. The self-fulfilling prophecy. III. The sociology of knowledge and mass communications: 12. The sociology of knowledge. 13. Karl Mannheim and the sociology of knowledge. 14. Studies in radio and film propaganda (with Paul F. Lazarsfeld). IV. Studies in the sociology of science: 15. Science and the social order. 16. Science and democratic social structure. 17. The Machine, the worker and the engineer. 18. Puritanism, pietism and science. 19. Science and economy of 17th century England. Bibliographical Note. Index of names. Subject Index.