The British Journal of Sociology, Vol. 35, No. 1 (Mar., 1984), pp. 1-18 (18 pages) The equilibrium model has long been used in sociology. It has been especially prominent in structural-functional ...

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There has been new-found optimism in Geneva, although fleeting, about the war in Ukraine; and it wasn’t because of the results of the midterm U.S. election. “The resumption of the talks on a ...