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Self, social structure, and beliefs : explorations in sociology / edited by Jeffrey C. Alexander, Gary T. Marx, and Christine L. Williams

Alexander, Jeffrey C., 1947- ; Marx, Gary T., 1938- ; Williams, Christine L.

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2004

Online Ressource (286 p.)

Englisch

Mastering ambivalence : Neil Smelser as a sociologist of synthesis / Jeffrey C. Alexander, Gary T. Marx, Christine L. WilliamsIntroduction / Christine L. Williams -- The sociological eye and the psychoanalytic ear / Nancy J. Chodorow -- The commodity frontier / Arlie Russell Hochschild -- The glass cage : flexible work, fragmented consumption, fragile selves / Yiannis Gabriel -- Rational choice and sociology / Alberto Martinelli -- Enlisting Smelser's theory of ambivalence to maintain progress in sociology of religion's new paradigm / R. Stephen Warner -- Circuits of commerce / Viviana A. Zelizer -- Trust as an aspect of social structure / Robert Wuthnow -- The organizational foundations of university capability : differentiation and competition in the academic sector of society / Burton R. Clark -- Introduction / Jeffrey C. Alexander -- Primordial beliefs and immigration policy : the case of Britain's patrials / Christian Joppke -- Causal reasoning, historical logic, and sociological explanation / Lyn Spillman -- Intellectual cycles of social movement research : from psychoanalysis to culture? / James M. Jasper -- Shaping sociological imagination: the importance of theory / Piotr Sztompka.

Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record

Print version: Self, social structure, and beliefs

978-0-520-93785-7 ( : electronic bk.); 0-520-93785-6 (electronic bk.)

0-520-24136-3 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 0-520-24137-1 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

9780520241367

OCoLC: 56732939     

OCoLC: 56732939 (aus SWB)     

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Neil Smelser is an iconic figure in sociology. This volume reveals the range & depth of his influence, & his substantial contributions to diverse fields such as British history, social change, collective behaviour, higher education, the economy, & psychoanalysis