Making race : modernism and "racial art" in America by Francis, Jacqueline

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Making race : modernism and "racial art" in America by Francis, Jacqueline

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Cornelius Castoriadis and radical democracy

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Legal History : a European Perspective. by Caenegem, R. C.

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgements ; Preface ; 1 Public Prosecution of Crime in Twelfth-Century England; 2 Criminal Law in England and Flanders under King Henry II and Count Philip of Alsace; 3 The Borough Charter of Saint-Omer of 1127, Granted by William Clito, Count of Flanders; 4 Methods of Proof in Western Medieval Law; 5 Law in the Medieval World; 6 Reflexious on the Place of the Low Countries in European Legal History; 7 The English Common Law seen from the European Continent; 8 The Rechtsstaat in Historical Perspective; 9 Max Weber: Historian and Sociologist; Index of Persons and Places.…”
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Construire le politique : contingence, causalité et connaissance dans la science politique contemporaine by McFalls, Laurent

Table of Contents: “…Le moment politique -- La différenciation du politique dans le temps et l'espace -- Machievel et l'avèsement de la modernité politique -- Tocqueville et la sociologie politique de la modernité -- La science politique et la politique scientifique de Karl Marx -- Max Weber et l'interprétation du pouvoir -- De la science politique théorique, empirique et politique -- Les outils théoriques de la science politique -- Conclusion : La science politique à l'ère postmoderne.…”
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Religion, Business and Wealth in Modern Britain. by Jeremy, David

Table of Contents: “…11 Ethnicity, religion and wealth: a commentary on the uses of Max WeberIndex.…”
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Critical Legal Positivism. by Tuori, Kaarlo

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Series Preface -- Preface -- I INTRODUCTION -- 1 Modern Law and its Problems -- II THREE NARRATIVES OF MODERN LAW -- 2 Max Weber: the Formal Rationality of Modern Law -- 3 François Ewald: the Rationality of the Norm -- 4 Jürgen Habermas: the Communicative Rationality of Law -- III THE ASPECTS AND THE LEVELS OF THE LAW -- 5 The Two Faces of the Law -- 6 The Levels of the Law -- 7 The Formation of the Legal Order: The Relations of Sedimentation and Constitution -- 8 The Self-Limitation of the Law -- 9 The Legitimacy of Modern Law -- 10 Legal Science -- Bibliography -- Index.…”
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Social entrepreneurship in hospitality

Table of Contents: “…COVER ; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; Guest editorial; Social entrepreneurship in tourism: applying sustainable livelihoods approaches; Examining the motivations for social entrepreneurship using Max Weber's typology of rationality; Students climbing the entrepreneurial ladder; Exploring the motivations of tourism social entrepreneurs; Social innovation success factors: hospitality and tourism social enterprises; Entrepreneurial networks across the business life cycle: the case of Alpine hospitality entrepreneurs…”
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Political thought and international relations : variations on a realist theme

Table of Contents: “…Morgenthau and the Legacy of Max Weber; 5. Hans J. Morgenthau Versus E.H. Carr: Conflicting Conceptions of Ethics in Realism; 6. …”
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Europäische Verwaltungsgeschichte : am Beispiel der Europäischen Kommission, der Regulierungsagenturen und der Komitologie by Weismann, Paul

Table of Contents: “…Macht, Herrschaft und Bürokratie bei Max Weber; 2. Andere Bürokratiekonzepte; III. Einführung in die Geschichte der Europäischen Gemeinschaften und der Europäischen Union; 1. …”
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Work in a Modern Society : the German Experience in European-American Perspective. by Kocka, Jrgen

Table of Contents: “…Work in a Modern Society; Table of Contents; Editorial Preface; Chapter 1: Work as a Problem in European History; Chapter 2: Discourses on Work and Labour in Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Germany; Chapter 3: Beginnings of the Anthropology of Work; Chapter 4: The Vision(s) of Work in the Nineteenth-Century German Labour Movement; Chapter 5: Work in Gender, Gender in Work; Chapter 6: Trust as Work; Chapter 7: Soldiering and Working; Chapter 8: Forced Labour in the Second World War; Chapter 9: Work, Max Weber, Confucianism; Chapter 10: What is Global Labour History Good For?…”
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Industrial Economics and Principles of Management. by Singh, Manoj Kumar

Table of Contents: “…""5.4 Functions of Commercial Banks """"5.5 Central Banking""; ""5.6 Functions of Central Bank""; ""5.7 Business Fluctuations and Business Cycle ""; ""5.8 Phase of a Business Cycle ""; ""Exercise ""; ""Unit-4""; ""Chapter 6 Principles of Management ""; ""6.1 Introduction: Definition ""; ""6.2 Nature and Significance of Management ""; ""6.3 Evolution and Development of Management Thought ""; ""Exercise""; ""Chapter 7. Contribution of Max Weber (April 21, 1864-June 14, 1920)""; ""7.1 Introduction (Max Weber)""; ""7.2 Contribution of F.W. …”
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Organization, class and control by Clegg, Stewart R., 1947-

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Classical Sociology, Organizations and Theory; Auguste Comte; Comte and Saint-Simon; Herbert Spencer; Emile Durkheim; 2 Max Weber, Karl Marx and Rationality in Organizations; Max Weber and Rationality; Karl Marx and Capitalism; The Emergence of 'Rational Organization'; 3 The Emergence of an Organization Theory; Precursors of Organization Ideologies; The Theory of Bureaucracy; Weber and The Theory of Bureaucracy…”
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A Comparative Sociology of World Religions : Virtuosi, Priests, and Popular Religion. by Sharot, Stephen

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgments; I Concepts and Theories; 1 World Religions, Elites, and Popular Religion; 2 Religious Action: A Weberian Model; 3 Elites and Masses: Max Weber, Weberian Scholars, and Marxist Analysis; II Religious Action in the World Religions; 4 China: State Religion, Elites, and Popular Religion in a Syncretistic Milieu; 5 India: Brahmans, Renouncers, and Popular Hinduism; 6 Nirvana and Spirits: Buddhism and Animism in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia; 7 Hierocracy and Popular Religion: Catholicism in"Traditional" Europe.…”
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Judging Nonviolence : the Dispute Between Realists and Idealists. by Steger, Manfred B.

Table of Contents: “…""Cover""; ""JUDGING NONVIOLENCE: The Dispute Between Realists and Idealists""; ""Copyright""; ""CONTENTS""; ""LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS""; ""LIST OF BOXES""; ""PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION: Nonviolence on Trial""; ""PART I The Expert Witnesses for the Prosecution""; ""CHAPTER TWO NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI: Renaissance War Realism""; ""CHAPTER THREE MAX WEBER: Modern Realism""; ""CHAPTER FOUR REINHOLD NIEBUHR: Christian Realism""; ""PART II The Expert Witnesses for the Defense""; ""CHAPTER FIVE MAHATMA GANDHI: Militant Idealism""…”
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Law / origins, interactions, and change. by Sutton, John, 1949-

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 -- An Introduction to the Sociology of Law; PART 1 -- Legal Change; Chapter 2 -- Evolutionary Theories of Legal Change: Maine and Durkheim; Chapter 3 -- Law, Class Conflict, and the Economy: Marxian Theory; Chapter 4 -- Law and the State: Max Weber's Sociology of Law; Chapter 5 -- The Problem of Law in the Activist State Sociological Jurisprudence; PART 2 -- Legal Action; Chapter 6 -- Voting Rights and School Desegregation…”
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Confucianism for the contemporary world : global order, political plurality, and social action

Table of Contents: “…Confucianism, Community, Capitalism Chen Lai and the Spirit of Max Weber; Confucianism as a Moral Project: The Critique of Instrumental Rationality; Instrumental Rationality and East Asian Development; Chen Lai, Max Weber, and the Chinese Discourse on Modernity; Notes; 3. …”
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The theory primer : a sociological guide by Schneider, Mark A.

Table of Contents: “…The Argument as a Whole; Evaluating the Protestant Ethic Thesis; Weber and Historical Idealism; Weber and Verstehen; Conclusion; Notes; 5 Max Weber and Analytic Typologies.…”
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What money wants : an economy of desire by Yuran, Noam

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Death, Burial and Rebirth in the Religions of Antiquity. by Davies, Jon

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Readings in Indian Sociology : Volume V: Contributions to Sociological Theory. by Srivastava, Vinay Kumar

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Contents -- Series Note -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART I -- On Concepts and Methods -- 1 -- Newness in Sociological Enquiry -- 2 -- Paradigms and Discourses: New Frontiers in the Sociology of Knowledge -- 3 -- Relevance of the Marxist Approach to the Study of Indian Society -- 4 -- Altruistic Suicide: A Subjective Approach -- 5 -- Rational Social Action as a Basis for Creative Comparisons -- 6 -- Feminist Social Theories: Theme and Variations -- 7 -- Social Structure -- PART II -- On Sociological Thinkers -- 8 -- Vidyas: A Homage to Auguste Comte -- 9 -- Max Weber's Theory of Social Stratification: Controversies, Contexts and Correctives -- 10 -- Malinowski on Freedom and Civilization -- 11 -- Some Reflections on Karl Popper's Theory of Social Explanation -- 12 -- Outsider Bias and Ethnocentricity: The Case of Gunnar Myrdal -- 13 -- Robert Merton's Formulations in Sociology of Science -- 14 -- Bourdieu's Theory ofthe Symbolic and the Shah Bano Case -- Index -- About the Editor and Contributors -- Appendix of Sources.…”
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John Searle and the construction of social reality by Rust, Joshua

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German Historical School : the Historical and Ethical Approach to Economics. by Shionoya, Yuichi

Table of Contents: “…Gustav von Schmoller and Werner Sombart: a contrast in the historico-ethical method and social policyMax Weber and the critical succession of the German Historical School; Joseph Schumpeter on the relationship between economics and sociology from the perspective of doctrinal history; Lujo Brentano, Alfred Marshall, and Tokuzo Fukuda: the reception and transformation of the German Historical School in Japan; The impact of German economic thought on Japanese economists before World War.…”
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Sociology of Law : Visions of a Scholarly Tradition. by Deflem, Mathieu

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; Introduction: sociology, society, law; Recovering the sociology of law; Sociology of law: a preliminary classification; Themes and structure: an overview; Objectives; Part I Theoretical foundations of the sociology of law; 1 Law and the rise of the social sciences; 2 Max Weber on the rationalization of law; 3 Emile Durkheim on law and social solidarity; Part II Development and variations of the sociology of law; 4 The theoretical move towards the sociological study of law.…”
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Social theory at work

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : Competing, collaborating, and reinforcing theories / Marek Korczynski, Randy Hodson, and Paul Edwards -- Marxist thought and the analysis of work / Richard Hyman -- Max Weber and the irony of bureaucracy / Graham Sewell and James Barker -- A Durkheimian view of organizational culture / James Lincoln and Didier Guillot -- Feminist theories of work / Heidi Gottfried -- Foucauldian and postmodern thought and the analysis of work / Gibson Burrell -- The economic approach of the labor market / Steve Machin -- Institutional economics and the analysis of work / Geoffrey Hodgson -- Economic worlds of work : uniting economic sociology with the sociology of work / Thomas Beamish and Nicole Woolsey Biggart -- Organizational sociology and the analysis of work / Heather Haveman and Mukti Khaire -- Ethics and work / Karen Legge -- Technology and work / Jacques Bélanger -- Professional work / Keith Macdonald -- Towards a theory of dominant interests, globalization, and work / Stephen Frenkel -- Identity and work / Robin Leidner -- Conclusions : Change at work and the opportunities for theory / Peter Cappelli.…”
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Financial Crisis, Labour Markets and Institutions. by Fadda, Sebastiano

Table of Contents: “…Financial Crisis, Labour Markets and Institutions; Copyright; Contents; Notes on the authors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I Capitalism in crisis: nature and origins; 1 Capitalism in deep trouble; 2 The North Atlantic financial crisis and varieties of capitalism: a Minsky and/or Marx moment? And perhaps Max Weber too?; 3 Beyond the political economy of Hyman Minsky: what financial innovation means today; 4 The problematic nature of the Economic and Monetary Union; 5 Financialization, income distribution and the crisis; Part II Impact and consequences of the crisis.…”
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Religion and Modern Society : Citizenship, Secularisation and the State. by Turner, Bryan S.

Table of Contents: “…; Part I: Theoretical frameworks: the problem of religion in sociology; 1 Religion, religions and the body; 2 Emile Durkheim and the classification of religion; 3 Max Weber and comparative religion; 4 Talcott Parsons and the expressive revolution; 5 Mary Douglas and Modern Primitives; 6 Pierre Bou rdieu and religious practice.…”
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Law, Custom, and Statute in the Muslim World : Studies in Honor of Aharon Layish

Table of Contents: “…Powers -- Women as expert witnesses in pre-modern Islamic courts / Ron Shaham -- Qāḍī, muftī and ruler: their roles in the development of Islamic law / Miriam Hoexter -- Ottoman qāḍīs in Damascus during the 16th-18th centuries / Michael Winter -- Patronage, intervention, and violence in the legal process in eighteenth-century Salonica and its province / Eyal Ginio -- Archaic forms of contract in Max Weber's Theories and in Arab and Somali customary law / Frank H. …”
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Transcending New Public Management : the Transformation of Public Sector Reforms. by Christensen, Tom

Table of Contents: “…Roness -- Convergence and standardization in telecommunications regulation: trajectories of change and reform in the Asian Pacific regulatory state / Martin Painter -- Organizing immigration-a comparison of New Zealand and Norway / Tom Christensen, Per Lægreid and Richard Norman -- Central banking reform across the world: only by night are all cats grey / Martin Marcussen -- Quests for transparency: signs of a new institutional era in the health care field / Maria Blombren and Kerstin Sahlin -- Public-private partnerships: a comparative perspective on Victoria and Denmark / Carsten Greve and Graeme Hodge -- (The difficult art of) outsourcing welfare services: experiences from Sweden and New Zealand / Anders Forssell and Per Lægreid -- New public management and the ghost of Max Weber: exorcized or still haunting? / Robert Gregory.…”
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Love & Eroticism. by Featherstone, Mike

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Contents; Love and Eroticism: An Introduction; On Postmodern Uses of Sex; The Sexual Citizen; On the Way to a Post-Familial Family -- From a Community of Need to Elective Affinities; On the Elementary Forms of the Socioerotic Life; Bohemian Love; Otto Gross and Else Jaffé and Max Weber; The Lost Innocence of Love: Romance as a Postmodern Condition; Balancing Sex and Love since the 1960s Sexual Revolution; Citysex: Representing Lust in Public; Love and Structure; 'Falling in Love with Love is Falling for Make Believe': Ideologies of Romance in Post-Enlightenment Culture…”
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Art of social theory by Swedberg, Richard

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Towards the Prophetic Church : a Study of Christian Mission. by Hull, John M.

Table of Contents: “…""Mission on the Edges of Christianity: Three Conversations""""Part 3 The Recovery of the Prophetic Church""; ""Prophetic Theology from Martin Luther to Max Weber""; ""The Prophetic Theology of Paul Tillich""; ""The Prophetic Theology of Reinhold Niebuhr""; ""Part 4 Towards the Prophetic Church""; ""A Theory of Theological Development from the Perspective of Western Christian Faith""; ""Towards a Theology of Prophetic Action""; ""Theological Education for a Prophetic Church""; ""Appendix 1 Criteria for Prophetic Action""; ""Appendix 2 Annotated Bibliography for Chapter 3""…”
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Christianity and the new spirit of capitalism by Tanner, Kathryn, 1957-

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Religion in the university by Wolterstorff, Nicholas

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Rethinking the masters of comparative law

Table of Contents: “…Founding moments -- Montesquieu : the specter of depotism and the origins of comparative law / Robert Launay -- Max Weber and the uncertainties of categorical comparative law / Ahmed A. …”
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Beyond the noise of solemn assemblies : the Protestant ethic and the quest for social justice in Canada by Allen, Richard, 1929-2019

Table of Contents: “…Woodsworth and the crisis of the Canadian city -- The social gospel as the religion of the agrarian revolt in Western Canada -- The new Christianity in post-Great War Toronto -- "My father was an evangelist" : the religious setting of Norman Bethune's early years -- Toward a materialist Christianity : "reasoning otherwise" in the 1930s -- "The end of history" -- and hope in a time of Cold War and after -- Max Weber and the iron cage of capitalism : the debate continues, 1960-2016.…”
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Polis : an introduction to the ancient Greek city-state by Hansen, Mogens Herman, 1940-

Table of Contents: “…: an investigation of the concept of 'polis' -- The 'polis' as city and state -- Polis as city -- The settlement pattern of the ancient Greek city-states -- The size and population of the cities -- The demography of the Greek city-state culture -- The economy of the cities : Max Weber's 'ideal type' -- Polis as city in the Archaic period -- The Greek conception of polis as a city with a hinterland -- Polis as state -- Army -- Religion -- State and society -- Civil war (stasis) -- Relationships between poleis -- The Hellenistic polis -- III, Conclusion. …”
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Social theories of history and histories of social theory

Table of Contents: “…Charisma disenchanted : Max Weber and his critics / David Norman Smith -- The sociological core vs. the historical component of the Weber thesis : some deviant cases revisited / Milan Zafirovski -- Recovering a disillusioned modernism : the enlightened pessimism of classical sociology / Ryan Gunderson -- Durkheims Sui Generis reality and the central subject matter of social science / Eric Malczewski -- The developmental history of human social practices : from social analytics to explanatory narratives / Marc Garcelon -- Toward a reconciliation of the structuration and morphogenesis theories "tested" in the eventful historical analysis / Ewa Morawska -- Revisiting and reinvigorating evolutionary institutionalism : bringing institutions back to life / Seth Abrutyn -- Tensions between self and "others" in the making of the self : the role of childhood experiences in the development of reflexivity / Dominiek Coates -- Developing poverty : democratic reforms and bureaucratic failures in state policies in India / Damayanti Banerjee -- Explaining explanation : a critical review of John Levi Martin's The explanation of social action / John Hamilton Bradford.…”
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Law, Mystery, and the Humanities : Collected Essays. by Atkinson, Logan

Table of Contents: “…Our Great Distress': Law, Literature, and Suffering during the Great Plague of London, 1665 -- PART FOUR: TRANSCENDENCE -- 11 The Strange Gospel and a Common Law: The Reconciling Word to a Fragmented World -- 12 The Re-enchantment of the World? Max Weber, Ernst Troeltsch, and Human Rights -- List of Contributors.…”
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Messages from Georg Simmel by Helle, Horst Jürgen

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