Randall Collins (born July 29, 1941) is an American sociologist who has been influential in both his teaching and writing. He has taught in many notable...

University of California Press. Randall Collins, 1981. "Crises and Declines in Credential Systems," in Randall Collins, Sociology since Mid-century: Essays...

for reliable alms (food, clothing) and social support for Buddhism. Randall Collins states that Buddhism was more a reform movement within the educated...

Randall Collins, The Sociology of Philosophies: A Global Theory of Intellectual Change. Harvard University Press, 2000, page 182. Randall Collins, The...

The Downfall of Capitalism and Communism. In 1980 the sociologist Randall Collins presented his paper "The future decline of the Russian empire" at the...

sociological theorists include Talcott Parsons, Robert K. Merton, Randall Collins, James Samuel Coleman, Peter Blau, Niklas Luhmann, Immanuel Wallerstein...

Rampage Killers: Deep Backstage, Hidden Arsenal, Clandestine Excitement, Randall Collins, The Sociological Eye, September 1, 2012 "Definitions of 'mass shooting'...

multi-paradigmatic in line with the contentions of classical social theory. Randall Collins' well-cited survey of sociological theory retroactively labels various...

theorists include Barry Barnes, David Bloor, Sal Restivo, Randall Collins, Gaston Bachelard, Harry Collins, Karin Knorr Cetina, Paul Feyerabend, Steve Fuller...

music. "Cool Water", by Bob Nolan, performed by Tim Blake Nelson "Randall Collins", by Norman Blake "Surly Joe the Gambler", based on "Little Joe the...

experience during interactions. Subsequent to these developments, Randall Collins (2004) formulated his interaction ritual theory by drawing on Durkheim's...

training' Alternate practices included cutting off a part of one's body. Randall Collins (2000), The sociology of philosophies: a global theory of intellectual...

Rationale of the Dirty Joke Vol II (1973) p. 90-2 Legman, Rationale p. 90 Randall Collins, Interaction Ritual Chains (Princeton 2004) p. 235 Margo Anand, The...

social status. Randall Collins contributed the idea of credentialism to the study of class-based differences in educational attainment. Collins maintains that...

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and Central Asia as Islam became the state religion. According to Randall Collins, Buddhism was already declining in India by the 12th century, but with...

Turner emphasized the symbolic and cultural aspects of ritual, while Randall Collins explored its psychological and emotional dimensions. In recent years...

Piven 2007 Arne L. Kalleberg 2008 Patricia Hill Collins 2009 Evelyn Nakano Glenn 2010 Randall Collins 2011 Erik Olin Wright 2012 Cecilia L. Ridgeway 2013...

Brahmins and their influence in socio-political process. According to Randall Collins, Richard Gombrich and other scholars, Buddhism's rise or decline is...

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aspirations, has been central to her most recent work. Émile Durkheim Randall Collins Jim Coleman John W. Meyer Raymond Boudon Pierre Bourdieu Basil Bernstein...

on the previously patrilineal communities of the area, sociologist Randall Collins thinks it is unlikely that such a change could be imposed and says...

PMID 1448573. "Harassment Law and Legal Definition". uslegal.com. USLegal. Randall Collins, Violence: A Micro-sociological Theory (2009) Simons, Kenneth W. (January...

Chicago: University of Chicago Press. p. 37, 147. ISBN 0226742210. Randall Collins, The Sociology of Philosophies: A Global Theory of Intellectual Change...

Guillén, Randall Collins, Paula England, and Marshall Meyer, "The Revival of Economic Sociology," pp. 1-32, in Mauro F. Guillén, Randall Collins, Paula...

Mittal, Gene Thursby), Routledge, ISBN 978-0415772273, pages 38–39 Randall Collins (1998), The Sociology of Philosophies, Harvard University Press, ISBN 978-0674001879...

Publishing House. p. 197. ISBN 978-81-71418664. Retrieved 1 April 2015. Randall Collins (2000), The sociology of philosophies: a global theory of intellectual...

Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1987. Guitarist Randall Hall, at Collins' insistence, also joined the reconstituted Skynyrd (Collins was at this point paralyzed from...

Central Philosophy of Buddhism, The University Press of Hawaii, p. 185. Randall Collins (2000), The Sociology of Philosophies: A Global Theory of Intellectual...

as Ibn Khaldun, Alexandre Deulofeu, Jack Goldstone, Sergey Kapitsa, Randall Collins, John Komlos, and Andrey Korotayev. Many historical processes are dynamic...