N. Smelser – International Encyclopedia Of The Social & Behavioral Sciences (1st edition)

Автор: N. Smelser
Название книги: International Encyclopedia Of The Social & Behavioral Sciences (2001)
Формат: PDF
Жанр: Психология
Страницы: 16809
Качество: Изначально компьютерное, E-book

Large and ambitious works such as the present Encyclopedia depend on countless instances of
input, cooperation, and contextual support. Therefore, the editors-in-chief would like to
express their gratitude to several institutions and individuals. Our most general thanks go to
our respective home institutions, the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences,
Stanford, and the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin. We are certain that
without the effective infrastructures of these institutions and the rich collegial networks and
intellectual climate they provide, implementing this Encyclopedia in such a short amount of
time would not have been possible. In this context, we also need to mention that due to the
administrative budgets provided to the editors-in-chief by the publisher, the financial strains
on our home institutions were minimal. Such a situation may be a rarity in the modern world
of scientific publishing where publishers often press scholars and institutions into taking on
larger and larger shares of the publication enterprise.
Aside from the more than 4,000 authors, our deepest thanks goes to the editors of the 39
sections, to whom we delegated many decisions at various stages, who were primarily responsible
for developing the lists of articles and authors, and who stood as the main gatekeepers of scientific
quality for the entries in their sections. As a group, the section editors displayed remarkable
energy, intelligence, and tolerance for the inevitable frustrations of tending large numbers of
authors over a long period of time. Because of the brevity of the acknowledgment of the main
editorial co-producers here, we alert the reader to the list published as part of the front matter and
the description of their extensive work we offer in the Introduction.We would also like to mention
that one of our highly esteemed section editors, Franz Weinert, died unexpectedly during the last
phases of his editorial work. For people who had the pleasure of knowing Franz Weinert, it comes
as no surprise that he completed his editorial duties without ever complaining about the difficult
health conditions he was facing. He was a gentleman and a distinguished scholar.