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Subject(s)

• Social change [Browse]
• Social institutions [Browse]
• United States—Social conditions—20th century [Browse]
• United States—Politics and government—20th century [Browse]

Writer of introduction

• Abbott, Andrew [Browse]

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Source of description

Description based on print version record.

Contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• 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, AND 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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ISBN

• 1-351-49047-8
• 1-351-49048-6

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