The American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 82, No. 3 (Nov., 1976), pp. 513-756
Front Matter [pp. ]
Five Articles on Social Change and Social Indicators
Structural Change in Social Processes [pp. 513-547]
History and Social Change [pp. 548-564]
A General Framework for Building Dynamic Macro Social Indicator Models: Including an Analysis of Changes in Crime Rates and Police Expenditures [pp. 565-604]
Crime Rates of American Cities in an Ecological Context [pp. 605-620]
Changes in the Socioeconomic Stratification of the Races, 1962-73 [pp. 621-651]
Research Notes
Economic Strains and the Coping Function of Alcohol [pp. 652-663]
Productivity, Favor, and Grants Among Scholars [pp. 664-673]
Commentary and Debate
The Practice and Explanation of Coups D'Etat: Measurement or Artifact? [pp. 674-683]
Comment on Alan Wells's "The Coup D'Etat in Theory and Practice: Independent Black Africa in the 1960s" [pp. 684-685]
Reply to Morrison and Stevenson and to Phillips and Ba-Yunus [pp. 685-687]
Comment on Huber's Review of the Inevitability of Patriarchy [pp. 687-690]