TY - JOUR
AU - Tittle, Charles, R.
AB - Predictions from the determinist, compositional/systemic, and subcultural perspectives concerning effects on five “urbanism” variables—anonymity, tolerance, alienation, community social bonds, and deviant/unconventional behavior—are tested using individual level analog measures based on data from a three-state survey. Interpretation of the results in terms of the relative strength of the three perspectives depends upon how one conceptualizes their implications. This diversity of interpretational options underlines the imprecision of each of the three perspectives. Ambiguous elements are identified and it is argued that if the three perspectives were more fully specified and synthesized, it would move us toward a genuine and more adequate theory of urbanism. This content is only available as a PDF. Author notes * Correspondence to: Department of Sociology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-4020. © 1989 Society for the Study of Social Problems, Inc.
TI - Influences on Urbanism: A Test of Predictions from Three Perspectives
JF - Social Problems
DO - 10.2307/800695
DA - 1989-07-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/influences-on-urbanism-a-test-of-predictions-from-three-perspectives-VidBLlE5iB
SP - 270
EP - 288
VL - 36
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -