Comparative Sociology and Social Theory: Beyond the Three Worlds

ISBN-13: 9780333634257 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 216 str.

Graham Crow

Opis

Recent developments have made obsolete the division of the globe into three worlds of capitalist, state socialist and underdeveloped countries. This book traces the interconnectedness of the 'disorganisation' of capitalism in the industrialised west, the transformation of former state socialist societies, and the divergent fortunes of third world countries. It argues that comparative sociology continues to have relevance in the age of globalisation and provides a framework within which these developments can be placed in their proper perspective.

Spis treści

Introduction: Comparative Sociology and the Sociological Imagination.- The Theory and Practice of Comparative Sociology.- The Making of the Modern World: The Historical Sociology of Barrington Moore.- The Proliferation of Capitalism: Organised Capitalism, Disorganised Capitalism and Beyond Modern Capitalism and the State: The Contradictions of State Welfare and Corporatism.- The Rise and Transcendence of State Socialism: Stalinism, De-Stalinization and Beyond.- The Rise and Fall of the Third World: Development, Disillusion and Divergence From Three Worlds to Globalisation: Economic Restructuring, Democratisation and Cultural Change in a Global Context.- Comparative Sociology and Theories of Social Change: Progress, Unpredictability and Visions of the Future.- References.- Index.