Social Theory For A Changing Society (Mediaeval Academy Reprints for)

In this volume, leading social theorists address the broad-ranging issues facing society at the end of the 20th century, as our social environment changes from being based on primary units such as families and ethnicities and our physical environment becomes increasingly man-made. Examining recent changes in technology and social organization, the authors show how social theory can inform the construction of social organization and help provide avenues of future social development. Prologue : Constructed Social Organization / James S. Coleman. Comments / Michael Hechter, Susan P. Shapiro -- Moebius-strip Organizations And Open Labor Markets : Some Consequences Of The Reintegration Of Conception And Execution In A Volatile Economy / Charles Sabel. Comments / Richard Biernacki, David Stark -- The Future Of Bureaucracy And Hierarchy In Organizational Theory : A Report From The Field / Rosabeth Moss Kanter. Comments / Peter Hedström, Edward O. Laumann -- Indirect Relationships And Imagined Communities : Large-scale Social Integration And The Transformation Of Everyday Life / Craig Calhoun. Comments / Gudmund Hernes, Edward Shils -- Social Structure, Institutions, And Cultural Goods : The Case Of The United States / Paul Dimaggio. Comments / Wendy Griswold, Richard A. Peterson. The New And The Old In Religion / Thomas Luckmann. Comments / Andrew Greeley, Seymour Martin Lipset -- Families, Childrearing, And Education : Opening Remarks / Charles E. Bidwell -- Institutions And Human Capital Development / Mary C. Brinton -- Individuals, Institutions, And Academic Achievement / James W. Stigler -- On The Individualistic Theory Of Social Order / Alessandro Pizzorno. Comments / Rogers Brubaker, Donald N. Levine -- Discretion, Institutions, And The Problem Of Government Commitment / Kenneth A. Shepsle. Comments / Russell Hardin -- Law Without Accidents / Kim Lane Scheppele. Comments / Jack Goldstone, Michael Hechter -- Bounded States In A Global Market : The Uses Of International Labor Migrations / Aristide R. Zolberg. Comments / Charles C. Ragin, George Steinmetz -- Intellectuals And Domination In Post-communist Societies / George Konrad And Ivan Szelenyi. Comments / Seymour Martin Lipset, Klemens Szaniawski. Epilogue : On The Possibility Of A Field Of World Sociology / Pierre Bourdieu. Edited By Pierre Bourdieu And James S. Coleman. Includes Bibliographical References. Includes Bibliographical References. Examines recent changes in technology and social organization and shows how social theory can inform the construction of social organization and help provide avenues of future social development.