Philip Selznick | |
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Born | |
Died | June 12, 2010 | (aged 91)
Academic background | |
Education | City College of New York Columbia University |
Doctoral advisor | Robert K. Merton |
Academic work | |
Institutions | UCLA University of California, Berkeley |
Doctoral students | Charles Perrow Arthur Stinchcombe Bob Blauner Katherine Newman |
Philip Selznick (January 8, 1919 – June 12, 2010) was an American organizational theorist, a professor of sociology and law at the University of California, Berkeley. A noted author in organizational theory, sociology of law and public administration, Selznick's work was groundbreaking in several fields in such books as The Moral Commonwealth, TVA and the Grass Roots, and Leadership in Administration.[1]