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Etzioni's critical functionalism : communitarian origins and principles /

Title
Etzioni's critical functionalism : communitarian origins and principles / by David Sciulli.
Author
Sciulli, David,
Publication
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.

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Description
xxv, 504 pages; 25 cm.
Series Statement
International studies in sociology and social anthropology ; v. 117
Uniform Title
International studies in sociology and social anthropology ; v. 117.
Subject
  • Communitarianism
  • Communitarisme
  • Etzioni, Amitai > Political and social views
  • Etzioni, Amitai, 1929-
  • Etzioni, Amitai
  • Individualisering
  • Maatschappij
  • Political and social views
  • Political sociology
  • Social action
  • Social control
  • Sociale filosofie
  • Soziologie
  • Theorie
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 487-495) and index.
Contents
Part I Theoretical foundations -- Normative order in organizations -- Etzioni's functionalism and societal constitutionalism -- Order in democratic societies : Etzioni's three major conceptual decisions -- Expectations for advanced democracies -- Defining an active society : pushing American pragmatism and optimism to the edge -- Overcoming obstacles to activeness, I: extending consensus and control -- Overcoming obstacles to activeness, II: recruiting and socializing leaders -- Policy for an active society -- Second thoughts: trouble at home -- Declining optimism : an immodest agenda in a global economy -- Ongoing failure : breakdowns in primary socialization -- Increasing criticism : corruption in electoral politics and national governance -- Rebuilding America's cultural and social psychological infrastructure -- The economy's "normative capsule" : foundations of socio-economics -- Interpersonal community and institutional community -- Types of interpersonal community, I: shaming and privileging -- Community -- Types of interpersonal community, II: responsive community -- Moral commitments of interpersonal community.
ISBN
  • 9789004190436
  • 9004190430
LCCN
2010046687
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library