James S. Coleman

James S. Coleman was one of a distinguished generation of sociology students who passed through the Columbia Sociology Department in the 1940s and `50s.

This book critically debates his work and his contribution to society and the social sciences more generally.

It consists of 18 major papers by 20 authors from six countries on a range of themes.

The volume is framed by an extended editorial introduction reflecting on the five- year exchange of correspondence between James Coleman and the editor, together with two of Coleman's own works.