"This volume is written in honor of Robert Morrison MacIver."

Bibliographical footnotes.

The internalization of social controls / G. Murphy -- Friendship as social process : a substantive and methodological analysis / P.F. Lazarsfeld and R.K. Merton -- The problem of authority / R. Bierstedt -- The political process in trade unions : a theoretical statement / S.M. Lipset -- Social groups in the modern world / F. Znaniecki -- Social structure and goals in group relations / M.M. Gordon -- Ethnic groups in America : from national culture to ideology / N. Glazer -- Individual liberty today : challenge and prospect / T.I. Cook -- America's changing capitalism : the interplay of politics and economics / J.M. Clark -- The demographic foundations of national power / K. Davis -- Social change in Soviet Russia / A. Inkeles -- The utility of political science / G. Catlin -- Robert M. MacIver's contributions to sociological theory / H. Alpert -- Robert M. MacIver's contributions to political theory / D. Spitz.