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... > social science subjects > education > education studies > education policy > educational reform > key people in educational reform > James S. Coleman
... > social science subjects > psychology > social psychology > group dynamics > group influence > power (sociology) > key people in the study of power > James S. Coleman

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James S. Coleman  

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  • James Coleman is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest empirical sociologists of the 20th century. His great work was Foundations of Sociological Theory (1990), but his work on education was very influential, if controversial. [Source: Encyclopedia of Power; Coleman, James S. (1926–1995)]

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