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Citations
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World Ranking
2341
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1131

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1996 - W.E.B. Du Bois Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award, American Sociological Association
  • 1985 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1980 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Peter M. Blau was affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their academic career encompassed research, publication, and contributions within the social sciences, although specific fields and subfields of study are not detailed in the provided data.

Throughout their career, Blau received notable recognitions from professional organizations, reflecting involvement in sociological scholarship. These awards included the W.E.B. Du Bois Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award from the American Sociological Association in 1996, a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1985, and membership in the National Academy of Sciences awarded in 1980.

The available information does not list recent papers, frequent co-authors, publication venues, book publications, or specific topics they explored in their work. As such, there are no details concerning their collaborative relationships, publication history, or focused research themes.

Peter M. Blau was deceased at the time this profile was composed. The absence of detailed publication or thematic data limits further elaboration on their academic output or research impact.

Best Publications

  • Exchange and power in social life

    Peter Michael Blau

  • The American occupational structure

    Peter Michael Blau;Otis Dudley Duncan

  • Inequality and Heterogeneity: A Primitive Theory of Social Structure

    Peter Michael Blau

  • The Cost of Inequality: Metropolitan Structure and Violent Crime

    Judith R. Blau;Peter M. Blau

  • The structure of organizations

    Peter Michael Blau;Richard A. Schoenherr

  • Justice in Social Exchange

    Peter M. Blau

  • A FORMAL THEORY OF DIFFERENTIATION IN ORGANIZATIONS

    Peter M. Blau

  • Formal Organizations: A Comparative Approach

    Peter Michael Blau;W. Richard Scott

  • The Dynamics of Bureaucracy

    Peter Blau

  • A Macrosociological Theory of Social Structure

    Peter M. Blau

  • HETEROGENEITY AND INTERMARRIAGE

    Peter M. Blau;Terry C. Blum;Joseph E. Schwartz

  • Crosscutting Social Circles: Testing a Macrostructural Theory of Intergroup Relations

    Peter Michael Blau;Joseph E. Schwartz

  • The organization of academic work

    Peter Michael Blau

  • OCCUPATIONAL CHOICE: A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

    Peter M. Blau;John W. Gustad;Richard Jessor;Herbert S. Parnes

  • Bureaucracy in Modern Society

    Peter M. Blau

  • Structural Contexts of Opportunities

    Peter Michael Blau

  • Technology and Organization in Manufacturing

    Peter M. Blau;Cecilia McHugh Falbe;William McKinley;Phelps K. Tracy

  • The Dynamics of Bureaucracy; A Study of Interpersonal Relations in Two Government Agencies.

    Peter Michael Blau

  • American occupational structure

    Peter M. Blau;Otis Dudley. Duncan

  • The hierarchy of authority in organizations.

    Peter M. Blau

  • Intersecting Social Affiliations and Intermarriage

    Peter M. Blau;Carolyn Beeker;Kevin M. Fitzpatrick

  • The American Occupational Structure.

    Robert M. Marsh;Peter M. Blau;Otis Dudley Duncan

Frequent Co-Authors

Otis Dudley Duncan
Otis Dudley Duncan University of Arizona
Robert K. Merton
Robert K. Merton Columbia University
Robert M. Hauser
Robert M. Hauser University of Wisconsin–Madison
James S. Coleman
James S. Coleman University of Chicago
William H. Sewell
William H. Sewell University of Wisconsin–Madison
Paula England
Paula England New York University Abu Dhabi
Randall Collins
Randall Collins University of Pennsylvania
Richard Jessor
Richard Jessor University of Colorado Boulder
Monika Ardelt
Monika Ardelt University of Florida
Glen H. Elder
Glen H. Elder University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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