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new : George C. Homans and the human group

George Caspar Homans (1910-1989) is widely regarded as the father of social exchange theory. He also made significant contributions to small-group research. In this piece A. Javier Treviño explores his lasting contribution.

featured: an exploration of the contribution of c. wright mills

featured : saul alinsky, community organizing and rules for radicals

Saul Alinsky's work is an important reference point for thinking about community organizing and community development. His books Reveille for Radicals (1946) and Rules for Radicals (1971) were both classic explorations of organizing and remain popular today. Mike Seal examines Alinsky's continuing relevance to the activities of informal educators, community organizers and animateurs.

Coming soon : Jurgen Habermas · Lewis Mumford · Basil Henriques

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other thinkers :

Addams, Jane (in preparation)

Arendt, Hannah

Argyris, Chris

Aristotle

Baden Powell, Robert

Barnardo, (Dr) Thomas John

Barnett, Henrietta

Barnett, Leonard

Batten, Reg and Madge

Baudrillard, Jean

Biko, Steve

Bion, Wilfred

Boal, Augusto

Bookchin, Murray

Bok, Sissela

Brandon, David

Brew, Josephine Macalister

Bruner, Jerome C.

Bryan, Tom

Buber, Martin

Butterworth, James

Button, Leslie

Caldwell Cook, Henry

Carpenter, Mary

Clayton, Revd. Philip "Tubby"

Coyle, Grace

Dewey, John

DuBois, W. E. B.

Eagar, Waldo McG.

Eisner, Elliot W.

Follett, Mary Parker  

Freire, Paulo

Froebel, Friedrich

Fromm, Erich

Gandhi, M. K.  

Gardner, Howard

Giroux, Henry A.

Goetschius, George

Goodwin, William

Gramsci, Antonio

Grundtvig, N. F. S.

Gulick, Luther

Hahn, Kurt

Octavia Hill

hooks, bell

Illich, Ivan

Jephcott, Pearl

Knowles, Malcolm

Kolb, David

Konopka, Gisela

Krishnamurti, Jiddu

Lane, Homer

Lindeman, Eduard

Lovett, William

Maclure, William

Malcolm X

Marx, Karl

Mason, Charlotte

McClusky, Howard

Mills, C. Wright

Milson, Fred

Montessori, Maria

More, Hannah

Morris, Henry  

Noddings, Nel

Nyerere, Julius K.

Owen, Robert

Palmer, Parker J.

Paterson, Alexander

Pelham, Tom W. H.

Pestalozzi, Johann H.

Plato

Polanyi, Michael

Putnam, Robert. D.

Ranyard, Ellen

Reed, Bryan

Rogers, Carl

Romero, Oscar

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques 

Ruskin, John

Russell, Charles  

Saadawi, Nawal El 

Schon (Schön), Donald

Senge, Peter  

Seton, Ernest

Sewell, Leslie

Smith, William

Socrates

Solly, Henry  

Stanley, Maude  

Stansfeld, Dr John

Stead, Herbert

Sweatman, Arthur  

Tagore, Rabindranath

Tash, Joan

Tawney, Richard Henry  

Tuckman, Bruce W.

Ward, Colin

Whitehouse, John Howard

Williams, George

Williams, Raymond

Willmott, Peter

Wilson, Gertrude

Wollstonecraft, Mary

Woods, Robert A.

Yeaxlee, Basil