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The Impact of the Social Sciences
“The Impact of the Social Sciences,” Harvard Educational Review 38, No. 3 (Summer 1968), pp. 578-582. (Kenneth Boulding, The Impact of the Social Sciences.)
Toward a Theory of Guided Societal Change
If we observe a society faced with a problem--poverty, riots, unsafe cars--and formulating a program to deal with it, we can be sure that 9 times out of 10 the problem will not be solved.
Very Large Number of Independent Variables
“A Very Large Number of Independent Variables,” Science 160, No. 3828 (May 10, 1968), pp. 645-647. (W.J.M. Mackenzie, Politics and Social Science.)
Making Riots Mandatory
On the face of it, the report of the President’s Commission on Civil Disorders should be warmly applauded by any citizen who is concerned with civiI rights, social justice, and the welfare of their country.
Organizational Dimensions and Their Interrelationships: A Theory of Compliance
The importance of organizations as a distinct social phenomenon hardly needs to be demonstrated.
What Value Does the U.N. Have?
“What Value Does the U.N. Have?” Trans-Action 5, No. 5 (April 1968), pp. 57-58. (Alf Ross,The United Nations: Peace and Progress and U.N., The United Nations and Disarmament, 1945-1965.)
Fatti e Conseguenze
La produzione e I’uso d i rnassa delle inforrnazioni s m o aspetti significativi delle nazioni rnoderne.
Government By Commissions
As these lines go to press, the President’s National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders is expected to hand in its report on March 1, 1968, a shrot six months after it was instituted and a full and months before it was initially expected to complete its work.
Organizational Intelligence: Knowledge and Policy in Government and Industry
“Organizational Intelligence: Knowledge and Policy in Government and Industry,” American Sociological Review 33, No. 1 (February 1968), pp. 131-132. (Harold L. Wilensky, Organizational Intelligence.)
How May Congress Learn?
An important question arose recently during a congressional hearing about "The Full Opportunity and Social Accounting Act" an act in which the United States is to review annually the "health" of Am
Faculty Responses to Racial Tension
The response of most faculty members to the mounting drive for black studies programs is not surprisingly marked by confusion.
Societal Guidance: A Perspective on Society
During the next twenty years, the United States will be brought, in one way or another, to attend more fully to its mounting social problems.
Mixed Scanning: A "Third" Approach to Decision Making
In the concept of social decision-making, vague commitments of a normative and political nature are translated into commitments to one or more specific courses of action.
Toward a Macrosociology
A macrosociology is needed both on theoretical and on pragmatic grounds.
Toward a Theory of Societal Guidance
An attempt to outline the basis for a macrosociological theory.
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