Some Aspects of Class, Status, and Power Relations in England

Abstract

These, then, are some of the implications of organization for social research. It has become apparent that under specifically appropriate conditions, the characteristics of organization may serve to foster the formulation and attainment of research objectives in a number of ways: by producing continuity in research, by introducing the benefits of interaction, by broadening the research horizons of the social scientist, by nurturing work on theoretical problems, and by providing integrated experience and training for the young social scientist. That these conditions have not yet been characteristically achieved does not imply that present patterns of organization have been frozen. Seen in a historical perspective, organizations for social research are in their first beginnings and organizational development must of necessity accompany developments in research.