Macro Socio-economics: From Theory to Activism: From Theory to Activism

by David Sciulli

Overview

Contributors to this volume respond to the normative capsule framing economic behaviour that Amitai Etzioni has explored. The text also looks at his works on organisations, public policy, socio-economics and communitarianism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781563246517
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/31/1995
Pages:	380
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

Introduction By Etzioni: Theory, Research, and Policy; 1: Frameworks and Findings: Assessing Etzioni's Contributions to Sociology; I: The Active Society; 2: Economic Action, Social Action, and the Genesis of Values: An Essay on Amitai Etzioni's Contribution to Social Theory; 3: A Theoretical Framework on the Interaction of Politics and News Media: A Dialogue with Etzioni's The Active Society; II: Socioeconomics and Communitarianism: Theory; 4: Community and the Moral Dimension: The Hidden Agenda of Etzioni and Parsons; 5: Contesting the Fiducial Line: Legal Theory and the Duty to Be Loyal; 6: Sociology, Economics, and Normative Action: Notes Toward a Theory of Middle Height; 7: Another Look at Etzioni's Concepts; III: Socioeconomics and Communitarianism: Research; 8: Family Values: A Communitarian Position; 9: Community Building in Industrial Relations: Creating Conditions for Workplace Participation; 10: Decoding the Language of Etzioni's Moral Dimension in Complex Organizations; IV: Obstacles to Community; 11: The Moral Dimension of Feminist Theories: Implications for Pay Equity; 12: Middle-Class Avoidance, Indifference, and Discrete Nihilism; 13: The Human Rights Challenge to Communitarianism: Formal Organizations and Race and Ethnicity