Irving Crespi, 1926-2004

Irving Crespi was an influential contributor to the field ofpublic opinion research, as theorist, methodologist, practitioner,and leader of the major professional organizations. Throughhis books and articles, Crespi added to the understanding ofhow opinions are formed and changed. The Public Opinion Processexplored the dynamics of opinion formation and the     

Changes in the urban population of the USSR, 1939-1979

The authors analyze trends in the spatial distribution of the urban population among the republics of the USSR between 1939 and 1979. The increase in the number of large cities and changes in the percent of the country's urban population living in these cities are discussed, and the relationship between levels of urbanization and industrialization is examined     

Zen and the art of aut-ethnography: a tribute to Robert M. Pirsig

With the passing of Robert M. Pirsig, I felt that it was an appropriate time to write a tribute to his work and the influence it has had on my own theorising in regard to autistic ways of being. This reflection utilises the concept of an ‘aut-ethnography’ to examine passages that I had highlighted word by word when I first read Pirsig’s book: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. These fragments contain links to a number of theoretical ‘lines of flight’ within my own work and that of others, from his concepts of dynamic ‘quality’ to his discussion on the tension between scientific method and lived experience.