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Title: Valuable contribution
Review: An interesting book by a respected sociologist.The previous reviewer engaged in more of an ad hominem attack than a review because he, apparently, dislikes qualitative approaches to sociology (and structural-functionalism in particular). He reviewed a discipline and methodology rather than this book, and used his review to sell his own book.Moreover, he didn't even get the name of the school right. It is the University of Chicago, which would surely be known by any reputable sociologist as it is known for founding the enormously influential school of thought known as "the Chicago School" in the 1930s.Sexual organizations and structures in urban environments are notoriously inaccessible to statisticians, and Laumann's subjective, qualitative approach is very appropriate in this book.
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