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The Anthem companion to Philip Selznick / edited by Paul van Seters.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Seters, Paul van, editor.
Series:
Anthem companions to sociology.
Anthem companions to sociology
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Selznick, Philip, 1919-2010.
Selznick, Philip.
Sociological jurisprudence.
Sociology--United States--History--20th century.
Sociology.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xiii, 219 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
London : Anthem Press, 2021.
Summary:
The Anthem Companion to Philip Selznick is a collection of essays by renowned authors on the preeminent sociologist.
Contents:
Cover
Front Matter
Half-title
Series page
Praise page
Title page
Copyright information
Contents
Contributors
Chapter 1-10
Chapter 1 The Intellectual Enterprise We Call Sociology
Introduction
Growing Up in Newark
Discovering a New World at City College of New York
Academics
Politics
The New York Intellectuals
A bookworm in politics
Moving from Politics to Sociology at Columbia University
A political journey
Becoming a sociologist, at long last
An Ecumenical View of the Discipline of Sociology
On Public Philosophy and Public Sociology
Public philosophy
Public sociology
Conclusion
Notes
References
Chapter 2 Philosophy for the Twice- Born: Selznick and Dewey in Dialogue
The Central Question of the Age
Deepening Dewey
Searching for Natural Foundations
Political Distancing from Dewey
Democracy and faith in law
Democracy and expertise
Dancing with Dewey: Conventional and Critical Morality
Dewey in China: The Communitarian Challenge
Chapter 3 Power Relations across Organizations and Fields: Building on Selznick's Concepts of Co- Optation and Institutionalization
Tracing Selznick's Early Approach to Organizations
Exploring TVA, Leadership, and the Concepts of Co-Optation and Institutionalization
Conceptualizing Institutionalized Co-Optation
Illustrating Institutionalized Co-Optation
Chapter 4 Organizations, Institutions, and Law: The Sociological Significance of Philip Selznick's Law, Society, and Industrial Justice
Central Themes in Law, Society, and Industrial Justice
Law, Society, and Industrial Justice and Sociological Conventions
The New and Old Institutionalisms in Organizational Analysis.
The Legacy of Selznick and the New Institutional Analysis of Law and Organizations
Reintegrating Selznick into the New Institutionalism
Chapter 5 Post- Industrial Justice? Normativity and Empiricism in a Changing World of Work
Law, Society, and Industrial Justice
Bringing Capitalism Back In
Industrial Disorganization and the Law
Postindustrial Justice
Chapter 6 The Promise of the Rule of Law Ideal
Selznick's Socio-Legal Normative Theory of the Rule of Law
Two Moralities: Comparing Selznick to Fuller
The Dual Nature of the Rule of Law: Tensions between Negative Restrictions and Positive Expansion
Rule of Law Problems: Applying Selznick's Rule of Law Theory
Concluding Remarks
Chapter 7 Philip Selznick on Law and Society: Democratic Ideals, Communitarianism, and Natural Law
Introduction: Democratic Ideals and Institutional Failure
TVA, the Grass Roots, and Unintended Consequences
Sociology of Law
Communitarian Debates
Conclusion: Objectivity and Commitment
Note
Chapter 8 Selznick's Concepts of Culture and Community
An Ecumenical Sociology
Culture
Attenuation of culture
A normative theory
Cultural universals
Cultural plurality
Community
Community as entity and quality
Civility and piety
Community and sociology
Chapter 9 A Symposium on The Moral Commonwealth
Philip Selznick's Classic Humanism
Sociology and Moral Theory
The Limits of Communitarianism
Philip Selznick Responds
Chapter 10 An Ecumenical Sensibility
Sensibility
Sociology
Ecumenism
The Discipline: Core and Range
Values and Ideals in the World.
Sociological Contributions to the Humanities
A High Tolerance for Ambiguity
End Matter
Index.
Notes:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 27 Oct 2021).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781785278273
1785278274
9781785278266
1785278266
OCLC:
1491311996

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