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Routledge
616 Pages
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Routledge
616 Pages
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Routledge
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This classic study deals with social control in advanced industrial society, especially the United States, and particularly the half-century after World War I. The United States is representative of Western advanced industrial nations that have been faced with marked strain in their political institutions. These nation-states have been experiencing a decline in popular confidence and distrust of... Read more
List of Tables Preface Introduction to the Transaction Edition I FRAME OF REFERENCE 1 Sociological Objectives 2 The Idea of Social Control 3 The Logic of Systemic Analysis II MASTER TRENDS, 1920-1976 4 Political Participation: Emergence of Weak Regimes 5 Social Stratification: Occupation and Welfare 6 Military Participation and Total War III THE SYSTEM OF SOCIAL ORGANIZATION 7 Bureaucratic Institutions: The Hierarchical Dimension 8 Residential Community: The Geographical Dimension 9 Societal Socialization: Mass Persuasion 10 Societal Socialization: Legitimate Coercion IV RATIONALITY, INSTITUTION BUILDING, SOCIAL CONTROL 11 The Management of Interpersonal Relations 12 Experiments in Community Participation 13 Political Elites and Social Control 14 Epilogue Author Index Analytic and Subject Index
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Morris Janowitz
