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Author Sciulli, David.

Title Etzioni's critical functionalism : communitarian origins and principles / by David Sciulli.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.

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Description 1 online resource (xxv, 504 pages).
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Series International studies in sociology and social anthropology ; v. 117
International studies in sociology and social anthropology ; v. 117.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 487-495) and index.
Contents Part I Theoretical foundations -- Normative order in organizations -- Etzioni's functionalism and societal constitutionalism -- Order in democratic societies : Etzioni's three major conceptual decisions -- Expectations for advanced democracies -- Defining an active society : pushing American pragmatism and optimism to the edge -- Overcoming obstacles to activeness, I: extending consensus and control -- Overcoming obstacles to activeness, II: recruiting and socializing leaders -- Policy for an active society -- Second thoughts: trouble at home -- Declining optimism : an immodest agenda in a global economy -- Ongoing failure : breakdowns in primary socialization -- Increasing criticism : corruption in electoral politics and national governance -- Rebuilding America's cultural and social psychological infrastructure -- The economy's "normative capsule" : foundations of socio-economics -- Interpersonal community and institutional community -- Types of interpersonal community, I: shaming and privileging -- Community -- Types of interpersonal community, II: responsive community -- Moral commitments of interpersonal community.
Summary Written for social theorists and general readers (including undergraduates), David Sciulli's book is the first to explain not only how but also why Amitai Etzioni's publications evolved from his dissertation to Active Society and Socio-Economics to Communitarianism.
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Subject Etzioni, Amitai -- Political and social views.
Etzioni, Amitai.
Political and social views.
Etzioni, Amitai.
Communitarianism.
Communitarianism.
Social control.
Social control.
Social action.
Social action.
Political sociology.
Political sociology.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: 9789004190436 (DLC) 2010046687 (OCoLC)671870253
ISBN 9789004190443 (electronic book)
9004190449 (electronic book)
9789004190436 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
9004190430 (hardback ; alkaline paper)