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51
Citations
26514
World Ranking
2489
National Ranking
1211

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1975 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Lewis A. Coser was affiliated with Brandeis University in the United States during their academic career. Their work was represented in various scholarly publications and collaborations over the years.

Their recent documented publication includes the paper titled "A Word to Our Readers: Winter 1954", published in 2020 in the journal Dissent. This paper was coauthored with Irving Howe.

  • Irving Howe

  • Dissent

Lewis A. Coser's research and academic activities involved collaborations primarily with Irving Howe, as noted in the frequent co-authorship records.

During their career, Lewis A. Coser was recognized with the award of Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1975.

Best Publications

  • The functions of social conflict

    Lewis A. Coser

  • On Collective Memory

    Maurice Halbwachs;Lewis A. Coser

  • Masters of sociological thought : ideas in historical and social context

    Lewis A Coser

  • Masters of sociological thought

    Lewis A. Coser

  • Greedy Institutions: Patterns of Undivided Commitment

    Lewis A. Coser

  • Books: The Culture and Commerce of Publishing

    Lewis A. Coser;Charles Kadushin;Walter W. Powell

  • Conflict: Resolution and Prevention.

    Lewis A. Coser;John Burton

  • The Human Meaning of Social Change.

    Lewis A. Coser;Angus Campbell;Philip E. Converse

  • The Functions of Social Conflicts

    Marion J. Levy;Lewis A. Coser

  • Continuities in the Study of Social Conflict

    Lewis A. Coser

  • Social Conflict and the Theory of Social Change

    Lewis A. Coser

  • Presidential Address: Two Methods in Search of a Substance

    Lewis A. Coser

  • The Civil Rights Society: The Social Construction of Victims

    Lewis A. Coser;Kristin Bumiller

  • Theorie sozialer Konflikte

    Lewis A. Coser

  • Violence in America: Historical and Comparative Perspectives.

    Lewis A. Coser;Hugh Davis Graham;Ted Robert Gurr

  • The Idea of social structure: Papers in honor of Robert K. Merton

    Lewis A. Coser

  • Refugee Scholars in America: Their Impact and Their Experiences

    Lewis A. Coser

  • The Class Structure of the Advanced Societies

    W. G. Runciman;Anthony Giddens

  • The Class Structure of the Advanced Societies.

    Lewis A. Coser;Anthony Giddens

  • The Functions of Social Conflict

    Maurice Freedman;Lewis A. Coser

  • The Moral Dimension: Toward a New Economics

    Christine Moorman;Amitai Etzioni

  • Books: The Culture and Commerce of Publishing.

    Arthur L. Stinchcombe;Lewis A. Coser

  • Continuities in the Study of Social Conflict

    Jennifer Platt;L. A. Coser

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles Kadushin
Charles Kadushin Brandeis University
Emile Durkheim
Emile Durkheim Université Paris Cité
Walter W. Powell
Walter W. Powell Stanford University
Shmuel N. Eisenstadt
Shmuel N. Eisenstadt Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jeffrey C. Alexander
Jeffrey C. Alexander Yale University
Edward Shils
Edward Shils University of Chicago
Richard A. Berk
Richard A. Berk University of Pennsylvania
Peter H. Rossi
Peter H. Rossi University of Massachusetts Amherst
Norbert Elias
Norbert Elias Bielefeld University
Mike Featherstone
Mike Featherstone Goldsmiths University of London

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