Andreski, Stanislav Leonard

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ANDRESKI, Stanislav Leonard

ANDRESKI, Stanislav Leonard. British/Polish, b. 1919. Genres: History, Military/Defense/Arms control, Politics/Government, Sociology. Career: Lecturer in sociology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, 1947-53; sr. Research fellow in anthropology, Manchester University, Lancs., 1954-56; lecturer in economics, Acton Technical College, London, 1956-57; lecturer in management studies, Brunel College of Technology, London, 1957-60; professor of sociology, School of Social Sciences, Santiago, Chile, 1960-61; sr. research fellow, Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research, Ibadan, 1962-64; visiting professor of sociology and anthropology, City College, City University of New York, 1968-69; professor emeritus of sociology, University of Reading, Berks., 1984- (professor and dept. head, 1964-84); professor (part-time): Polish University in London, 1978-98; DUXX Graduate School of Business, Monterey, Mexico, 1994-98; Faculty of Economics & Management, WSJOE University, Czestochawa, Poland, 1998-2002. Publications: Military Organization and Society, 1954, 2nd ed., 1968; (with J. Ostaszewski et al.) Class Structure and Social Development (in Polish), 1964; Elements of Comparative Sociology in US as The Uses of Comparative Sociology, 1964; Parasitism and Subversion: The Case of Latin America, 1966, 2nd ed., 1969; The African Predicament, 1968; Social Sciences as Sorcery, 1972; The Prospects of a Revolution in the USA, 1973; Max Weber's Insights and Errors, 1984; Syphilis Puritanism and Witchhunts, 1989; Wars, Revolutions, Dictatorships, 1992. EDITOR: H. Spencer, Structure, Function and Evolution, 1971; The Essential Comte, 1974; Reflections on Inequality, 1975; Max Weber on Capitalism, Bureaucracy and Religion, 1983. Address: Farriers, Village Green, Upper Basildon, West, Berks. RG8 8LS, England.

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