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Contents -- Contributors -- Preface / Renée C. Fox, Victor M. Lidz, and Harold J. Bershady -- Introduction / Renée C. Fox, Victor M. Lidz, and Harold J. Bershady -- Part I. Social Institutions and Social Processes -- Chapter 1. Parsons's Economic Sociology and the Development of Economic Sociology / Neil J. Smelser -- Chapter 2. Looming Catastrophe: How and Why "Law and Economics" Undermines Fiduciary Duties in Corporate Law / Mark Gould -- Chapter 3. Social Order as Communication: Parsons's Theory on the Move from Moral Consensus to Trust / Harald Wenzel

This article is based on the author's five decades of experience as a "perpetual fieldworker, engaged ethnographer," & teacher of field methods of social research. After dealing with what she perceives as a false dichotomy between qualitative & quantitative methods of research, she considers some of the cognitive characteristics of ethnographic research & distinctive properties of field data. She pays special attention to the complex role of participant observer within which an ethnographer conducts field research, focusing on the delicate balance between involvement & detachment that it entails & between listening & questioning. The article ends with an acknowledgement of the pivotal part that informants play in this kind of inquiry & with a tribute to the enduring meaning of a researcher's relationship to these "companions in the field" & her indebtedness to them. 14 References. [Reprinted by permission of Sage Publications Inc., copyright 2004 The American Academy of Political and Social Science.]

The international humanitarian organization, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), is strongly committed to principles of universalism, egalitarianism, and equity, in both its internal and external relations. Nevertheless, the organization distinguishes between so-called 'national' staff members (those who are indigenous to the countries where MSF projects are located), and 'expatriate' staff (those who are involved in projects outside their countries of residence), in certain ways that it has self-critically termed 'discriminatory,' 'colonialist,' and even 'racist.' It has resolved to remedy such practices. Through a first-hand case study of MSF activities in Russia, this article demonstrates that the dynamics of the 'nationals'/'expatriates' divide is a more complex phenomenon than MSF's self-accusatory diagnosis implies; that a fuller recognition and utilization of nationals' local knowledge would mitigate some of the conditions of inequality and inequity that they experience; but that it would not necessarily be desirable to expunge all differences between the two groups of staff. Furthermore, because they are intrinsic to the structure and conditions of international humanitarian action, some of these differences could not easily be eliminated by MSF, or by any other organization engaged in this kind of action. Adapted from the source document.

The international humanitarian organization, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), is strongly committed to principles of universalism, egalitarianism, and equity, in both its internal and external relations. Nevertheless, the organization distinguishes between so-called 'national' staff members (those who are indigenous to the countries where MSF projects are located), and 'expatriate' staff (those who are involved in projects outside their countries of residence), in certain ways that it has self-critically termed 'discriminatory,' 'colonialist,' and even 'racist.' It has resolved to remedy such practices. Through a first-hand case study of MSF activities in Russia, this article demonstrates that the dynamics of the 'nationals'/'expatriates' divide is a more complex phenomenon than MSF's self-accusatory diagnosis implies; that a fuller recognition and utilization of nationals' local knowledge would mitigate some of the conditions of inequality and inequity that they experience; but that it would not necessarily be desirable to expunge all differences between the two groups of staff. Furthermore, because they are intrinsic to the structure and conditions of international humanitarian action, some of these differences could not easily be eliminated by MSF, or by any other organization engaged in this kind of action. Adapted from the source document.

Fox and Swazey draw on first-hand observations and experiences in a variety of American bioethical settings; face-to-face interviews with first- and second-generation figures in the genesis and early unfolding of bioethics; a detailed examination of the theatrical media coverage of what was considered to be a banner event in the annals of bioethics (the creation and birth of the cloned sheep, Dolly); case studies of how bioethics has internationally developed; and a large corpus of primary documents and secondary source materials.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction to the Transaction Edition -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 W.E.B. DuBois: Sociologist beyond the Veil -- 3 Ernest W. Burgess: Security Matter-C -- 4 William Fielding Ogburn: Scientist, Statistician, Schizophrene -- 5 Robert and Helen Lynd: From Middletown to Moronia -- 6 E. Franklin Frazier: Enfant Terrible -- 7 Pitirim A. Sorokin: Sociological Prophet in a Priestly Land -- 8 No One above Suspicion: Talcott Parsons under Surveillance -- 9 Testing a Concept: Herbert Blumer's Loyalty -- 10 Samuel Stouffer: Patriot and Practitioner -- 11 Our Man in Havana: C. Wright Mills Talks, Yankee Listens -- 12 The Crimefighter and the Criminologist: The Case of Edwin H. Sutherland and J. Edgar Hoover -- 13 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Bibliography (2004) -- Index