The System Paradigm and the Sociological Study of Racial Conflict.

Armstrong, Edward G.

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The System Paradigm and the Sociological Study of Racial Conflict

Armstrong, Edward G.

Phylon, 36, 1, 8-13, Mar 75

The "system paradigm" is a basic conceptual external constraint upon sociologists which inhibits their analysis of the black-white conflict in America. To illustrate this point the central concepts of Robert E. Park and Gunnar Myrdal are examined. (EH)

Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Racial Discrimination, Racial Relations, Racism, Social Relations, Sociology, Systems Approach, Systems Concepts

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