The Development of a Theory of Social Structure and Personality - Hardcover

by Melvin L. Kohn (Author)

Melvin Kohn, a pioneer in the cross-national, comparative and collaborative study of social structure and personality, examines his sociological research spanning a six-decade career to articulate a theory of social structure and personality.

Author Biography

Melvin L. Kohn, professor emeritus of sociology at the Johns Hopkins University, USA, and former chair of NIH's Socio-environmental Studies Lab, has spent more than 60 years conducting ground-breaking cross-national research on the relationship between people's location in the social order and their behavior.