Peter M. Blau

Exchange and Power in Social Life.

In his landmark study of exchange and power in social life, Peter M. Blau contributes to an understanding of social structure by analyzing the social processes that govern the r...

Inequality and Heterogeneity: A Primitive Theory of Social Structure

Formal Organizations

Upon its publication in 1962, this book became one of the founding texts of organizational sociology. Bringing together diverse approaches, it presented a new focus of interest:...

Exchange and Power in Social Life

In his landmark study of exchange and power in social life, Peter M. Blau contributes to an understanding of social structure by analyzing the social processes that govern the r...