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Understanding Society

Readings in the Social Sciences

  • Textbook
  • © 1970

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Editors:
  1. Social Sciences Foundation Course Team

    1. The Open University, UK

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Table of contents (36 chapters)

  1. How People Live in Societies

    1. The Psychology of Social Class

      • T. H. Pear
      Pages 276-288

    2. Rural Land Use

      • Social Sciences Foundation Course Team
      Pages 289-315

    3. Location of Industry

      • Social Sciences Foundation Course Team
      Pages 316-339

    4. Zoning in Cities

      • Social Sciences Foundation Course Team
      Pages 340-361

    5. The Size and Spacing of Settlements

      • Social Sciences Foundation Course Team
      Pages 362-393

    6. Approaches to Political Geography

      • H. J. Mackinder, H. de Blij, J. W. House
      Pages 394-423

    7. The Formal Structure Of Government

      • Robert A. Dahl, Giovanni Sartori
      Pages 424-439

    8. Informal Political Institutions

      • Sigmund Neumann, Gabriel A. Almond
      Pages 440-471

    9. Government and Politics Without the State

      • Paul Bohannan, Spencer MacCallum, Leon Mann
      Pages 472-490

    10. Political Culture and Political Systems

      • David Easton, R. H. Tawney, Myron Weiner, Lewis Lipsitz
      Pages 491-524

    11. Politics in Groups

      • Robert Michels, R. Frankenberg
      Pages 525-558

    12. Stability and Function in Society

      • Percy Cohen
      Pages 559-566

    13. Change in Society

      • Robert Merton, Lewis Coser
      Pages 567-577

    14. Stability and Change in Groups

      • S. E. Asch, Theodore M. Newcomb, Stanley Milgram
      Pages 578-608

  2. What Kinds of Problems People Face in Societies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 609-609
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    2. The Demographer and His World

      • Norman B. Ryder
      Pages 611-619

    3. The Population Geography of the Indian Subcontinent During an Era of Change

      • Arthur Geddes, A. T. A. Learmonth
      Pages 620-642

    4. Population and Economic Growth

      • Thomas Malthus, H. Myint, W. A. Lewis
      Pages 643-654

    5. Social and Political Implications of Population Increase

      • Ronald Freedman, Myron Weiner
      Pages 655-673

    6. Diffusion and Acceptance of Change

      • Elihu Katz, Bernard Berelson
      Pages 674-693
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Editors and Affiliations

  • The Open University, UK

    Social Sciences Foundation Course Team

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Understanding Society

  • Book Subtitle: Readings in the Social Sciences

  • Editors: Social Sciences Foundation Course Team

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15392-3

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1970

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 712

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Ethnicity Studies

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