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Abstractness, in idea-system, 111
Academic institutions, competition among,
134 - 35
Academic reputation, research and, 123, 124,
126 - 27
Accessibility, community planning and, 292
Accounting scheme, 47 - 48, 49, 54 - 55
Achievement-oriented society, relative dep-
rivation in, 365
Action(s) (Activities): elements of, 47 ; and
legitimate and illegitimate use of power,
227 - 35 ; perceived as "intellectual," 442 ; seg-
mentation of, 237 ; and social system, 71 -
72 ; unorganized and formerly organized,
48 ; see also Action theory; Aggregated
action research
Action theory: and functional analysis, 78 -
79 ; and sociology of knowledge, 105 - 09
Adanson, Michel, 347
Adaptation, 75 ; and character formation, 26 ;
to conflicting expectations, 243 - 44 ; as func-
tion of social system, 76
"Admiration Derby," and secondary analysis
of reference idols, 267 - 77
Advantage, accumulation of, 161 - 62
Adversary culture, 440
Affect, 78
Age: and collaboration, 60 ; and creativity,
55 ; of influentials, in emergence of scien-
tific specialties, 150 - 51 ; rank-specific, of role
models, 315 - 16 ; and selection of reference
idols, 275 - 76, 277 - 78
Aggregate action research: and art of asking
why, 46 - 47 ; empirical, 45 - 62 ; historical
background of, 45 - 48 ; and narcotizing
dysfunction of mass media, 52
Aggregative group characteristics, 348
Aging, and communications behavior, 392 - 98
Alba, Richard, 346
Alienation: and complexity of social rela-
tions, 240 - 46 ; and creativity, 447 ; and
individualism, 242 ; of intellectuals, 438,
440 ; and loss of Gemeinschaft, 242 - 43 ;
Marx on, 240 - 41, 242 ; and number of role
partners, 244 - 46
Allocation of resources, and differential ad-
vantage, 162
Almond, Gabriel, 276 - 77
Alternatives: and information, 212 ; pattern-
ing of, 17 - 18 ; socially structured, 112 - 13
Alters, role relation to egos, 126
Ambiguity, irony and, 324

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Publication Information: Book Title: The Idea of Social Structure: Papers in Honor of Robert K. Merton. Contributors: Lewis A. Coser - editor. Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Place of Publication: New York. Publication Year: 1975. Page Number: 525.
    
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