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...also bestowed degrees on three well-known American academics, including zoologist Ernst Mayr, historian John M. Blum '43, and sociologist Robert Merton; and two British scholars, economist Joan V. Robinson and legalist Herbert L.A. Hart...
Robert Merton, sociologist and University professor at Columbia University--Doctor of Laws...
...Says Sociologist Philip Hauser of Chicago: "There isn't a central city in this country where the mood of the black community isn't the same as in Miami." In Chicago police believe that friction over black contentions of police brutality has eased, but nobody is really sure that this is so. Says James Compton, executive director of the Chicago Urban League, about rioting in the city: "The potential is definitely there. It is just a question of what will touch it off." Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley, a black, contends that black antagonism toward his city...
...Sociologist Paul Lazarsfeld demonstrated in his studies of voting behavior that conflict breeds delay in a voter's making up his or her mind. What we are witnessing now in the ups and downs of public opinion poll data is irresolution bred by strong conflict. Its presence means that many voters are going to wait until the last minute to decide. Every electoral race in this campaign, from the primaries to the main bout, is likely to be a cliffhanger, with the opinion polls unable to predict the outcome much in advance of the event...
...decline of religion's dominant influence starting early in this century opened a conflict between contemporary social values and economic virtues. Capitalism still needs savings, hard work and postponed rewards, but consumers want immediate satisfaction. This conflict is visible within the business corporation itself. Writes Sociologist Daniel Bell in The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism: "In the world of capitalist enterprise, the nominal ethos is still one of work, delayed gratification, career orientation, devotion to the enterprise. Yet, on the marketing side, the sale of goods, packaged in the glossy images of glamour and sex, promotes a hedonistic way of life...