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	My View on Exchange and Conflict Theories -- Peterson B. Zhou
		According to Peter Blau, "rewards that are exchanged can be either intrinsic(love, affection, respect) or extrinsic(money, physical labor) the parties cannot always reward each other equally; when there is inequality in the exchange, a difference of power will emerge within an association"(in Ritzer,1996).
		While Homans' exchange theory emphasized on micro level, and Peter Blau's structural exchange theory focused on macro level, Emerson's efforts in linking micro level to macro structure is similar to the paradigmatic integration advocated by rational choice theorists in their attempts (mainly in Coleman's) on studying micro/macro issues.
		Blau's concepts are criticized for being too vague as some conflicts theorists concepts and models have the same fate.
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		Blau and Blau thus conclude that general levels of inequality affect rates of rape and robbery indirectly, via the way they encourage negative social relations such as marriage breakdowns.
		Blau and Blau predicted that larger populations would increase crime rates because they would increase the number of social encounters which could turn violent as a result of pent-up aggression.
		Blau and Blau believe that this fact provides one more piece of evidence in favor of their central proposition that "racial socioeconomic inequalities are a major source of much criminal violence."
	www.crime.smartlibrary.org /NewInterface/segment.cfm?segment=1664 (1058 words)

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		Blau says it is the primary form of theorizing in the social sciences.
		Blau does refer to other evidence believes his theory is relevant to relatively diverse orgs.
		The assumption Blau makes in the foregoing is that the problems of coordination and communication in differentiated structures have feedback effects that create resistance to further differentiation, which is the reason why the marginal influence of size on differentiation declines with increasing size.
	home.uchicago.edu /~btm1/prelim_05-06/Orgs/Prelim-Blau-1970.doc (1158 words)

	Peter Blau Summary
		Peter Michael Blau, a renowned author and professor, was born in Vienna in 1918, to Theodor I. Blau and Bertha Selka Blau.
		Blau's first marriage to Zena Smith in 1948 produced one daughter, Pamela Lisa; he also had a daughter, Reva Theresa, with his second wife, Judith Rae Fritz, whom he married in 1968.
		Blau left Columbia in 1988 to become the Robert Broughton Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina, a position he still held in 2000.
	www.bookrags.com /Peter_Blau (793 words)

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		Blau admits that this is "merely a restatement of one part of the original generalization." For example, in a factory, production can be increased by adding workers, but the marginal increment of output resulting from adding more and more workers without changing plant size and equipment eventually declines (obviously).
		Prop 2.3: the differentiation of large orgs into subunits stems the decline in the economy of scale in management with increasing size, that is, the decline in the decrease in the proportion of managerial personnel with increasing size.
		Blau repeats all of these props in his conclusion, without relating it extensively to his supporting data (of which there is much in his article- it is very much an empirical research work, and all of his propositions except 2.3 are strongly supported by a comprehensive data set).
	ssr1.uchicago.edu /NEWPRE/Orgs2/Blau2.html (855 words)

	Colleagues Remember Peter Blau
		Peter Blau, a refugee from the Anschluss, used to tell a joke from his youth that involved God assigning attributes to the various nations.
		Peter told this story to illustrate the idea that social identities and their complex interrelationships might be organized according to an underlying logic.
		During a reception for me at the Blau household only a few days after Peter had undergone bypass surgery, I remarked to Judith, his wife, and a remarkable intellectual figure in her own right, that it seemed dangerous for him to be entertaining so soon after a major operation.
	www.asanet.org /footnotes/apr02/fn4.html (4542 words)

	Blau, Peter M.: Structural Contexts of Opportunities
		The distinguished sociologist Peter Blau has opened up a variety of fields with brilliant contributions, ranging from research on social networks of small groups and quantitative studies of formal organizations to more synoptic investigations of populations and the large scale structures which hold them together.
		Blau begins by outlining the influences of population structures on intergroup relations and then examining the implications these influences have on occupational opportunities.
		Blau then moves on to interpersonal relationships and analyzes the social exchanges in them that reveal the ultimate effects of ethnic, socioeconomic, and other aspects of population structures.
	www.press.uchicago.edu /cgi-bin/hfs.cgi/00/12670.ctl (233 words)

	Blau Space Briefly Explained
		Social space is sometimes called "Blau space", after the sociologist Peter Blau, who wrote about the role of individual and social characteristics in organizing social patterns.
		Distance and the force of homophily in Blau space is still not well understood and there remains much research to be conducted.
		Nevertheless, the concepts of Blau space and social distance can be used to understand social life, and even manipulate it.
	homepage.mac.com /daver69/sociology/blauspace.html (654 words)

	Peter Blau & W. R. Scott - Comportamiento y desarrollo organizacional - Monografias.com
		Blau and Scott ("Formal Organizations"; San Francisco: Chandler Publishing Co. — 1962) han prestado atención a un aspecto muy importante y que — desafortunadamente — ha sido pasado por alto por una inmensa mayoría de practitioners, consultores de empresas, facilitadores y agentes de cambio.
		Y posiblemente Peter Blau and W. Richard Scott hayan sido los primeros en ilustrar a los interesados en eficiencia organizacional respecto de la importancia de los Clientes.
		Blau and Scott lo han redefinido en términos de un continuum donde en un extremo encontramos al factor "coordinación" mientras que en el otro extremo nos encontramos con lo que ellos han denominado la "comunicación libre".
	www.monografias.com /trabajos32/blau-scott/blau-scott.shtml (3027 words)

	Community Resources
		Blau had been obsessed with the tales since he was 14, when his father's book-dealer friend introduced him to "The Baker Street Journal," a periodical dedicated to all things Sherlockian.
		Blau's guests then prove their knowledge of "the canon" by guessing which story each ornament is associated with.
		That gave Blau the perfect opportunity to acquire two adjoining apartments and have them joined—one to live in and one to house his collection of books, dolls, paintings and other items relating to the resident of 221B Baker Street.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/community/clubs/redcircle.htm (1160 words)

	SOCY 711 - Contemporary Scholars Readings - Professor Mathieu Deflem
		Blau, Peter M. Patterns of Choice in Interpersonal Relations.
		Blau, Peter M. Formal Theory of Differentiation in Organizations.
		Blau, Peter M. Macrosociological Theory of Social Structure.
	www.cas.sc.edu /socy/faculty/deflem/711contempread.html (857 words)

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		Scholars have devoted considerable attention to examining whether, as Blau and Blau argued, inequality is more influential for racial minorities than for whites; and in so doing, they have explored the degree to which intragroup versus intergroup inequality is more salient in accounting for race-specific violence.
		Blau and Blau's own research demonstrated a positive link between inequality and violent crime, and showed that interracial inequality is more influential than intraracial inequality on such rates for metropolitan areas of the United States (U.S.).
		Blau and Blau emphasize that ascriptively-based inequality leads to diffuse aggression, which is likely to result in more expressive than instrumental forms of violence.
	www.asc41.com /www/2002/abspp143.htm (448 words)

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		Discussion questions on formal structural theories (Peter Blau and Joseph Schwartz 1984; Rosabeth Kanter 1977; Scott J. South, Charles M. Bonjean, William T. Markham, and Judy Corder).
		Blau and Schwartz present their theory as a formal deductive system based on axioms (or assumptions), from which theorems are formally derived.
		Investigation of the effects of proportions on group life and social interaction appears to be fruitful both for social psychological theory and for understanding male-female interaction.
	www.unc.edu /~nielsen/soci230/notes/230c4.htm (936 words)

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		Researchers have linked variations in rates of urban violent crime—murder, rape, robbery, and assault—to variations in geographical region, income level, and race, according to sociologists Judith and Peter Blau.
		This suggests that in fact inequality is a stronger influence when disadvantaged people associate closely with each other, learn each other's attitudes, and have opportunities to collectively organize criminal activities.
		Blau and Blau propose that the inequality factor is the most important for explaining high rates of violent crime in U.S. cities, and they set out to provide both a theory and empirical evidence to support this claim.
	www.crime.smartlibrary.org /NewInterface/segment.cfm?segment=1656 (931 words)

	FORMAL ORGANIZATION
		Blau does refer to other evidence supportive of his conclusions and this basis believes much of the content of this article is relevant to a fairly wide variety of formal organizations.
		Blau believes that theorizing in the social sciences usually takes the form of the pattern model whereby something is explained when it is so related to a set of other elements that together they constitute a unified system.
		Blau takes social structure to mean that people differ in status and social affiliation, that they occupy different positions and ranks, and that they belong to different groups and subunits of various sorts.
	www.spc.uchicago.edu /ssr1/PRELIMS/Orgs/orgs1.html (10631 words)

	Recent Publications List for Peter J. Blau
		Blau, P. M., R.L.; Zanoria, E.S. Effects of Surface Grinding Conditions on the Reciprocating Friction and Wear Behavior of Silicon Nitride.
		Blau, P. “The Development and Characterization of Tribolath Structures in Friction and Wear.” Tribology Lett.
		Blau, P. The Significance and Use of the Friction Coefficient.
	www.ms.ornl.gov /htmlhome/mituc/pjbpubs.htm (1154 words)

	The Web Page of Scuttlebutt from the Spermaceti Press
		Philip A. Shreffler, editor of The Baker Street Journal in 1987, suggested that readers of the BSJ might welcome the opportunity to read all that gossip, trivial and otherwise, and I finally named the newsletter, starting with the January 1988 issue.
		And the name of the press seemed appropriate, considering my Investiture in The Baker Street Irregulars ("Black Peter") and the fact that when I named my press I was living on
		Peter E. Blau 7103 Endicott Court Bethesda, MD 20817-4401 (301-229-5669) Click here to send Peter an Email message at blau7103@comcast.net.
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	LICHT-Galerie - Peter Blau
		In einem Rausch aus filigranen Formen, Farben und Licht inszenierte der aus Berlin stammende, nun in Brandenburg ansässige Künstler den »schiefen Turm von Magdeburg« in einer für Kenner des Elbauenparks ungewöhlichen Weise.
		Seine Lichtkunst präsentierte Peter Blau anläßlich der »Klangbilder – Konzert für zwei Celli und Licht« im April 2000 in der Nicolaikirche in Rostock.
		Peter Blau schafft Verbindungen zwischen Licht und Architektur, Licht und Natur, Licht und Musik.
	www.lichtnet.de /galerie/blau.html (506 words)

	Customer Growth Partnership - Latest news / Seminar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Over 54% of direct marketing leaders surveyed in the US and Europe say their results have been harmed by terrorism and the economic recession, with 36% reporting a "significant" effect.
		Peter Blau achieved fame and fortune by joining up with his dad, Barry Blau, in 1980 to build what became the number one direct marketing agency in the United States – Blau Marketing Technologies.
		ItÕs not too often that a new American company can immediately boast about having an overseas office, but for three veterans of the marketing industry, having offices in Westport and London already is paying...
	www.customer-growth.com /latest.htm (349 words)

	Content Pages of the Encyclopedia of Religion and Social Science
		The U.S. sociologists George C. Homans and Peter Blau are seen by many as the instigators of rational choice theory in the social sciences during the 1960s.
		However, Homans's insights are sometimes referred to by "orthodox" members of the rational choice community in sociology as being psychological.
		Peter Blau grew severely disappointed with rational choice theory and returned to structuralist theory of some sort.
	www.hartfordinstitute.org /ency/Rational.htm (1195 words)

	Marketers Partner for Agency/Consultancy
		Three direct marketing consultants are pooling their skills to form a new agency, Customer Growth -- Blau Moritz Partnership Inc., with offices in Westport, CT, and London.
		Peter Blau, founder and chairman of Customer Growth Partnership has merged his London firm with Westport, CT-based J. Moritz Co. and its two principals, Jane Moritz, president, and her husband, Josh, who was CEO of the firm.
		Blau went into business with his father, Barry Blau, in 1980 at Blau Marketing Technologies, which was sold to marketing agency Havas Advertising.
	www.dmnews.com /cms/dm-news/ad-agencies/18655.html (164 words)

	Blau,Peter Books - Signed, used, new, out-of-print
		Blau and Scott raised the level of analysis from attention solely on individual participants and work groups to a broader understanding of...
		When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead of mysterious causes, Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr. Watson must investigate the age-old rumors that a hound haunts the Baskerville estate and the eerie lands of the Dartmouth moors.
		by Arthur N.; Bermudez Applebee, Andrea B.; Blau, Sheridan; Caplan, Rebekah; Elbow, Peter; Hynds, Susan; Langer, Judith A.;...
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	MITUC Staff
		He has also served as the leader of the Dimensional Metrology Group in the Y-12 Development Division, where he was responsible for the development of innovative inspection techniques in support of the Department of Energy's defense program needs.
		Peter Blau received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Metallurgy and Materials Science from Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
		Blau is the author of two tribology books and has also published more than one hundred journal articles and book chapters.
	www.html.ornl.gov /mituc/STAFF.HTM (756 words)

	Amazon.com: "Peter Blau": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Another major statement in exchange theory is Peter Blau's Exchange and Power in Social Life, published in 1964.
		Blau basically adopted Homans's perspective, but there was an important difference.
		Blau's focus was on understanding collective outcomes, such as the distribution of power in a society.
	www.amazon.com /phrase/Peter-Blau (559 words)

	Exchange and Power in Social Life
		From Peter Blau, Exchange and Power in Social Life.
		See Blau, The Dynamics of Bureaucracy (2d ed.), University of Chicago Press, 1963, pp.
		The University of Minnesota is an equal opportunity educator and employer.
	www.d.umn.edu /cla/faculty/jhamlin/2111/Exchange/BlauReading.html (3543 words)

	Peter M. Blau,Peter M. Blau Sociology,Peter M. Blau Positivism,Social Thinkers,Sociology Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		An Austrian sociologist who contributed substantially both theoretically and empirically to the scientific analysis of social structure.
		He was primarily concerned with applying small-scale exchange theory to large-scale issues.
		Blau's orientation shifted from the social psychological to the social structural and from the micro to the macro.
	www.sociologyguide.com /thinkers/peter-m-blau.php (120 words)

	MemberClicks - Event Details
		Marla previously held senior roles at MCI, where she orchestrated the direct mail launch of Friends and Family; Time-Life Music, where her DRTV campaigns increased continuity membership tenfold; and Lintas Campbell-Ewald, where she directed the launch of DirecTV, the most successful consumer electronics introduction in history.
		Peter Blau, who will present on direct mail and print, and chair the panel, is Founder of Customer Growth, a Westport-based direct and customer relationship management agency.
		Previously, he was a principal in Barry Blau and Partners - the world’s largest independent direct agency - where he was Executive Creative Director and then EVP, International, based in London.
	www.dmcny.org /mc/community/eventdetails.do?eventId=83786 (601 words)

	UNC Undergraduate Bulletin 2001-2002
		Howard E. Aldrich, Judith R. Blau, Kenneth A. Bollen, Glen H. Elder, Barbara Entwisle, Kathleen M. Harris, Arne L. Kalleberg, John D. Kasarda, Sherryl Kleinman, Victor Marshall, Francois Nielsen, Anthony R. Oberschall, Ronald R. Rindfuss, Rachel A. Rosenfeld, Christian Smith, J. Richard Udry, Peter R. Uhlenberg.
		Peter S. Bearman, Craig A. Calhoun, William A. Darity Jr., Gail Henderson, James H. Johnson Jr., Duncan MacRae Jr., Robert F. Miles, John D. Stephens.
		The course provides students in all disciplines with a general background in aging and the problems of older persons.
	www.unc.edu /ugradbulletin/2001-02/depts/soci.html (3637 words)

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