Comparative Perspectives on Industrial Society
Author: William A. Faunce
Publisher:
Published: 1969
Total Pages: 300
ISBN-13:
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Work in a Modern Society
Author: Jürgen Kocka
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2010-02-01
Total Pages: 230
ISBN-13: 1845457978
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhereas the history of workers and labor movements has been widely researched, the history of work has been rather neglected by comparison. This volume offers original contributions that deal with cultural, social and theoretical aspects of the history of work in modern Europe, including the relations between gender and work, working and soldiering, work and trust, constructions and practices. The volume focuses on Germany but also places the case studies in a broader European context. It thus offers an insight into social and cultural history as practiced by German-speaking scholars today but also introduces the reader to ongoing research in this field.
Social Innovation
Author: Helmut Anheier
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-10-29
Total Pages: 269
ISBN-13: 1351655345
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSocial Innovation: Comparative Perspectives investigates socio-economic impact. Since it is hard to establish causality and to measure social properties when investigating impact, especially at the level of society, the book narrows down impact to one priority aspect: social innovation – understood as organizations’ capacity to generate novel ideas, ways and means of doing things, of addressing public and social problems of many kinds. This volume’s primary assertion is that the Third Sector, specifically through stimulating civic involvement, is best placed to produce social innovation, outperforming business firms and state agencies in this regard. By investigating actor contributions to social innovation across seven fields of activity, Social innovation: Comparative Perspectives develops our understanding of why and how the Third Sector is central to functioning, cohesive and viable societies. This volume is based on contributions of the project "ITSSOIN – Impact of the Third Sector as Social Innovation" funded by the European Commission under the 7th framework programme. It will be of insight across disciplines, in particular to the growing social innovation community, innovation researchers more generally and to non-profit scholars. The practical relevance of the book will be of interest to European and national policy makers and practitioners across different sectors.
Industrial Society (Routledge Revivals)
Author: Richard Scase
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015-06-03
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 1317536967
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAny study of contemporary industrial societies must take into account the role of power, ideology and class, and the degree to which these determine the development of social structures. This book, first published in 1977 and based on a selection of eleven papers given at a conference of the British Sociological Association, focuses upon aspects of continuity and change in modern society, comparing and contrasting dimensions of class, cleavage and control in capitalist and socialist societies. This book is key reading for students of both sociology and business studies.
Elites: New Comparative Perspectives
Author: Masamichi Sasaki
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2007-12-31
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9047432428
DOWNLOAD EBOOKElites come in many forms and express themselves in an extraordinary variety of ways. This collection reflects just that diversity. From an overview of elites for the relatively uninitiated to comparative studies of elites in individual, national, social and political contexts, this work is both historical and contemporary, and encompasses a variety of case studies of elite individuals as well as elites in a broad range of national and political environments. All this is intended to assist those interested in the study of elites from historical and contemporary theoretical and empirical perspectives. Ultimately, this volume suggests many opportunities for further study and research.
Violence in America: Historical and Comparative Perspectives
Author: United States Task Force on Historical and Comparative Perspectives
Publisher:
Published: 1969
Total Pages: 704
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKTheories of Industrial Society (RLE Social Theory)
Author: Richard Badham
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-08-21
Total Pages: 194
ISBN-13: 1317650522
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe concept of industrial society plays a dominant role in the social sciences. The ‘Great Divide’ between pre-industrial and industrial societies is commonly assumed to be the main bridge separating modern societies from the past, and distinguishing ‘developed’ from ‘undeveloped’ states in the present era. In history, economics, politics and sociology the concept of industrial society underlies a wide variety of discussions, particularly those relating to economic development and social progress. Outside academic writing, too, the concept exerts a great deal of influence. In the developing world, there is a widespread concern to ‘industrialise’, whilst in the developed world there is growing uneasiness as to whether ‘industrialisation’ is beneficial or not, but still the concept is central. This book examines critically the concept of industrial society, its pervasiveness and influence. It reviews all the major theories of industrial society and the research into the changing character of post-industrial societies. It argues that the decision to use the concept severely restricts the social imagination, and that the concept becomes increasingly less useful as criticism of the equating of industrialisation with social progress grows.
Religion and Advanced Industrial Society
Author: James A. Beckford
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-03-19
Total Pages: 248
ISBN-13: 0429679149
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book, first published in 1989, demonstrates that sociologists have much to gain from a strengthening of the connections between general theories about the changing character of modern western societies and specific studies of religion. It combines an exegesis of sociological classics in the study of religion, and a history of their influence upon the subject’s development; a criticism of Talcott Parson’s attempt to synthesise classical viewpoints into a single theory of modernity; a discussion of post-Parsonian theories of religion’s declining importance; and an argument that some quasi-Marxist thinkers may offer fresh insights into the place of religion in capitalist societies.
Harmony of Grbner Bases and the Modern Industrial Society
Author: Takayuki Hibi
Publisher: World Scientific
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 385
ISBN-13: 9814383465
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume consists of research papers and expository survey articles presented by the invited speakers of the conference on OC Harmony of GrAbner Bases and the Modern Industrial SocietyOCO. Topics include computational commutative algebra, algebraic statistics, algorithms of D-modules and combinatorics. This volume also provides current trends on GrAbner bases and will stimulate further development of many research areas surrounding GrAbner bases."
American History from a Global Perspective
Author: David Russo
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2000-03-30
Total Pages: 454
ISBN-13: 0313002967
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis study is the first interpretive text for the study of American exceptionalism and the first overall assessment of geographic, political, economic, social, and cultural aspects of the American past written from a global perspective. Russo argues that life in the United States can be better understood if it is examined from either a wider perspective-the English speaking world, the Western Hemisphere, Western Civilization-or a narrower perspective-regional and local variations. Even when the Americans were innovative-in their multi-ethnic and multi-racial society, in their egalitarian social beliefs, in their political democracy-their innovations were soon copied by others. Therefore, Russo argues, they are no longer distinctly American. Using nations as the basis for fields of study can both reveal and distort the historical record. When one considers different perspectives, America's uniqueness recedes in importance. American culture was a variant of a wider Western culture. The American economy was an extension of Western capitalism, whether agrarian, commercial, or industrial. American society was a Western society with racial castes and multi-ethnic additions to the population. American government functioned like other Western governments, even with innovative forms: Republican, then democratic. The American past is thus seen to be far less distinctive than previous syntheses have assumed.
