Sociology of the Future

Sociology of the Future
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Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
Total Pages : 486
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ISBN-10 : 9781610440394
ISBN-13 : 1610440390
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Book Synopsis Sociology of the Future by : Wendell Bell

Download or read book Sociology of the Future written by Wendell Bell and published by Russell Sage Foundation. This book was released on 1971-10-12 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concerns itself with the future of sociology, and of all social science. The thirteen authors—among them Wendell Bell, Kai T. Erikson, Scott Greer, Robert Boguslaw, James Mau, and Ivar Oxaal—are oriented toward a redefinition of the role of the social scientist as advisor to policymakers and administrators in all major areas of social concern, for the purpose of studying and shaping the future. This book contains research strategies for such "futurologistic" study, theories on its merits and dangers, as well as an annotated bibliography of social science studies of the future.


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