The growing differentiation within the International Sociological Association (ISA) requires different forms of integration among Research Committees (RCs). The aim of this paper is to reveal some patterns of integrational versus differentiational activities and produce an organizational and conceptual typology of RCs. The problem is approached by different clustering methods: Ward's hierarchical clustering, local optimization methods and hierarchical clustering with relational constraints for different types of Connectivity between units in clusters. International Sociological Association, Sociological Specialization, Classification Analysis, Typological Analysis, Classification with Constraints.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
Cappell, Ch. L., Guterbock, T.M. (1986) “Dimensions of Associations in Sociology: An Organizational Map of an Academic Discipline”. Bull. Metho. Socio., No 9, pp. 23–39.
2.
Cohen, B.P. (1980) Developing Sociological Knowledge: Theory and Method. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall.
3.
Ferligoj, A., Batagelj, V. (1983) “Some Types of Clustering with Relational Constraints”, Psychometrika, 48, 541–552.
4.
Gordon, A.D. (1981) Classification—Methods for the Explanatory Analysis of Multivariate Data. London: Chapman and Hall.
5.
Mullins, N.C. (1973) Theories and Theory Groups in Contemporary American Sociology. New York: Harper and Row.
6.
Ward, J.H. (1963) “Hierarchical Grouping to Optimize an Objective Function”, J. Amer. Socio. Assoc., 58, 263–244.
7.
XI World Congress of Sociology (1986), New Delhi: ISA, ISS.
