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Neil J. Smelser

Dynamics of the Contemporary University

Growth, Accretion, and Conflict

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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 progressively add functions, structures, and constituencies as they grow, but seldom shed them, yielding increasingly complex structures. The first two lectures trace the multiple ramifications of this principle into o… Mehr

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Produktdetails


  • ISBN: 978-0-520-95525-7
  • EAN: 9780520955257
  • Produktnummer: 21596243
  • Verlag: Vanderbilt University Press
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
  • Seitenangabe: 152 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 1'480 KB
  • Auflage: 1. Auflage
  • Reihenbandnummer: 3

Über den Autor


Neil J. Smelser is a University Professor Emeritus of Sociology and former director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford. He is a former president of the American Sociological Association, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and a fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences. He joined the UC Berkeley faculty in 1958 and has authored fifteen books, including The Theory of Collective Behavior.

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