The active society revisited
By: edited by Wilson Carey McWilliams.
Contributors: McWilliams, Wilson C.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
Subjects: Etzioni, Amitai.; Etzioni, Amitai -- Criticism and interpretation.; Social action.; Sociology.; Political sociology.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Wilson Carey McWilliams; title: Macroscopic action : on Amitai Etzioni's contribution to social theory / Hans Joas; title: The cultural0 dimensions of The active society / Edward W. Lehman; title: The cybernetic institutionalist / Fabio Rojas; title: The constitution of activity : Etzioni's foundation of social theory in collective action and collective actors / Frank Adloff; title: The actively drifting society / Joseph H. Spear; title: Communitarianism : the highest state of progressivism The active society revisited / Dennis Hale; title: The teamwork of Sisyphus : post-Fordist capitalism, corporate culture, and Etzioni's "active society" / Eugene McCarraher; title: Membership and belonging : Etzioni's "authenticity" and the existential challenges of liberalism / Richard Boyd; title: Swing low sweet chariot : transformation and religious tradition / William C. Green; title: The eagle and the worm : The active society from a community organizer's perspective / Mike Miller; title: Searching for active citizenship / David S. Gutterman and Melissa Buis Michaux; title: Courting megalogues : judicial power in The active society / Paul A. Sracic; title: Community formation, gender issues, and the evolution of international law : a perspective on Amitai Etzioni's The active society / Frances T. Pilch; title: "Lighting damp logs" : social movements, liberal democracy, and the politics of transformation / Daniel J. Tichenor; title: From The active society to the good society : the second sailing of Amitai Etzioni / Patrick J. Deneen; title: The active society revisited : a response / Amitai Etzioni.