| Description |
x, 171 pages ; 22 cm |
| Series |
Chicago original paperbacks |
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Chicago original paperbacks.
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Translator's Note -- Introduction -- Part One - The State in Sociological Theory -- 1. The Classical Theories -- Marx's Two Theories of the State -- Durkheim, the Division of Labor, and the State -- Weber, the State, and Western Rationality -- 2. The Failure of Contemporary Sociology -- The Neofunctionalist Model of the State -- Toward a Critique of the Functionalist Model -- Part Two - State, Society, and History -- Introduction -- 3. State, Division of Labor, and Capitalism -- 4. State and Social Structure -- 5. State, Culture, and the Emergence of the Political System -- 6. The Transfer of the Idea of the State from Europe to Its Colonies -- Part Three - State, Center, and Power in Contemporary Societies -- Introduction -- 7. Government via the State: Power to the Bureaucracy -- The State Model: France -- A Case of Incomplete -- Institutionalization: Prussia -- 8. Government by Civil Society: The Weakness of the Bureaucracy -- The Weak-State Model: Great Britain -- The American Case -- The State and Consociational Democracy -- Conclusion -- Afterword -- Notes -- Index |
| Analysis |
State - Sociological perspectives |
| Notes |
Translation of: Sociologie de l'Etat |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Translation of: Sociologie de l'etat |
| Subject |
Political sociology.
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State, The.
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| Author |
Birnbaum, Pierre.
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| LC no. |
82020249 |
| ISBN |
0226035484 |
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0226035492 (paperback) |
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