Commensuration as a social process

WN Espeland, ML Stevens - Annual review of sociology, 1998 - annualreviews.org
Although it is evident in routine decision-making and a crucial vehicle of rationalization,
commensuration as a general social process has been given little consideration by …

The judicialization of mega-politics and the rise of political courts

R Hirschl - Annu. Rev. Polit. Sci., 2008 - annualreviews.org
In recent years, the judicialization of politics worldwide has expanded its scope to
encompass what we may term “mega-politics”—matters of outright and utmost political …

Governmentality: Power and rule in modern society

MM Dean - 2009 - torrossa.com
Governmentality Page 1 2ND EDITION Governmentality Power and Rule in Modern SocieTY
Mitchell Dean Mitchell Dean 2 ND EDITION GOVERNMENTALITY Page 2 Governmentality …

The End of History?

F Fukuyama - The New Social Theory Reader, 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
The end of history will be a very sad time. The struggle for recognition, the willingness to
risk's life for a purely abstract goal, the worldwide ideological struggle that called forth …

[CITATION][C] Models of democracy

D Held - 2006 - books.google.com
The first two editions of Models of Democracy have proven immensely popular among
students and specialists worldwide. In a succinct and far-reaching analysis, David Held …

[BOOK][B] The modern world-system I: Capitalist agriculture and the origins of the European world-economy in the sixteenth century

I Wallerstein, IM Wallerstein - 2011 - books.google.com
" I can say without hesitation that this is the finest book of analytic history that I have read in
the past ten years. That Europe had formed a world-economy around herself historians …

Social structure and organizations1

AL Stinchcombe - Handbook of organizations (RLE: Organizations …, 2013 - taylorfrancis.com
The general topic of this chapter is the relation of the society outside organizations to the
internal life of organizations. Part of the specific topics have to do with the effect of society on …

[BOOK][B] The Protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism

M Weber, S Kalberg - 2013 - api.taylorfrancis.com
For the first time in 70 years, a new translation of Max Weber's classic The Protestant Ethic
and the Spirit of Capitalism--one of the seminal works in sociology--published in September …

[BOOK][B] Democracy and the global order: From the modern state to cosmopolitan governance

D Held - 1995 - books.google.com
Democracy is the most potent political idea in the world today, yet the future of democracy is
increasingly uncertain. Key assumptions of democratic thinking and practice are being …

The technology trap: Capital, labor, and power in the age of automation

CB Frey - The technology trap, 2019 - degruyter.com
From the Industrial Revolution to the age of artificial intelligence, The Technology Trap takes
a swee** look at the history of technological progress and how it has radically shifted the …