Stratification and Organization by Arthur L Stinchcombe
The essays in this collection, on stratification, organization and the discipline of sociology, all bear upon a general theoretical question: what models of rationality are necessary or suitable to explain individual and collective action in institutional contexts? Professor Stinchcombe was one of the first sociologists to write on this question; and this collection includes a new essay which takes account of recent work done in the tradition Stinchcombe did much to institute. The first group of essays - on class, stratification and mobility - addresses core problems of the discipline and offers imaginative conceptualizations with interesting empirical consequences. The second section - essays on the sociology of organizations - displays, like the first, Stinchcombe's wide knowledge of sociological traditions from structuralism to Marxism. The final section, 'comments on the discipline', deepens the readers understanding of sociological theorizing by presenting different modes of analysis of universities and research institutions and providing challenging, and often funny, insights into the subject.-
Democracy and the Market
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The Cement of Society
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Individual Interests and Collective Action
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Were They Pushed or Did They Jump?
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The Critical Mass in Collective Action
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Coercive Power in Social Exchange
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Resistance and Rebellion
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Minority Government and Majority Rule
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Social Mechanisms
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The Multiple Self
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Foundations of Social Choice Theory
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Constitutionalism and Democracy
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Picoeconomics
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Explaining Technical Change
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The Possibility of Cooperation
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Interpersonal Comparisons of Well-Being
' when sound, no one sounder! And how interesting always!' Theory and Society
Stinchcombe, Arthur L.: - Arthur L. Stinchcombe is professor emeritus of sociology, political science, and organizational behavior at Northwestern University. He is the author of many books, including Constructing Social Theories and, most recently, When Formality Works: Authority and Abstraction in Law and Organizations, both published by the University of Chicago Press.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521325882 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521325889 |
| Title | Stratification and Organization |
| Author | Arthur L Stinchcombe |
| Series | Studies In Rationality And Social Change |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 1986-10-23 |
| Number of pages | 390 |
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