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  • Formal Organizations

    A Comparative Approach

    by Peter M. Blau, W. Richard Scott ...
    Series series Stanford Business Classics
    Upon its publication in 1962, this book became one of the founding texts of organizational sociology. Bringing together diverse approaches, it presented a new focus of interest: the formal organization. Blau and Scott raised the level of analysis from attention solely on individual participants and work groups to a broader understanding of organizations as collective actors.In the book, the ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Formal Organizations

    A Comparative Approach

    by Peter M. Blau, W. Richard Scott ...
    Series series Stanford Business Classics
    Upon its publication in 1962, this book became one of the founding texts of organizational sociology. Bringing together diverse approaches, it presented a new focus of interest: the formal organization. Blau and Scott raised the level of analysis from attention solely on individual participants and work groups to a broader understanding of organizations as collective actors.In the book, the ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • The Organization of Academic Work

    by Peter M. Blau ...
    Series series Foundations of Higher Education
    This book originated in an analysis of government bureaucracies. Peter Blau was led to wonder whether corresponding patterns are observable in the administrative structures of other types of organisations. This text examines the institutions of higher education, which Blau believes are the formal organisations that differ most in objectives and performance from government bureaucracies. ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

  • New Directions in Contemporary Sociological Theory

    by Peter M. Blau, Thomas J. Fararo, Douglas D. Heckathorn, David R. Heise, Ronald L. Jepperson, Michael Lovaglia, Barry Markovsky, Morris Zelditch, Gerald Marwell, Bruce Buena de Mesquita, James D. Morrow, Pamela E. Oliver, Brent Simpson, Randolph Siverson, John Skvoretz, Alastair Smith, David G. Wagner, Henry Walker, David Willer, Robb Willer, Shane Thye, Jack A. Goldstone, Guillermina Jasso, John D. McCarthy, Immanuel Wallerstein, Mayer N. Zald ...
    Written by eminent sociologists, this book introduces and assesses some of the most influential, recent sociological theories. Each chapter explains the theory and describes a related program of empirical research. Chapters are authored by the actual founders (and/or leading exponents) of these theoretical programs; many chapters contain a description of the inception, growth, and present status ... Read more

    $51.99 USD

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    Edited by Walter W. Powell, Paul J. DiMaggio ...
    Long a fruitful area of scrutiny for students of organizations, the study of institutions is undergoing a renaissance in contemporary social science. This volume offers, for the first time, both often-cited foundation works and the latest writings of scholars associated with the "institutional" approach to organization analysis.In their introduction, the editors discuss points of convergence and ... Read more

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  • The Limits of Neoliberalism

    Authority, Sovereignty and the Logic of Competition

    by William Davies ...
    Series series Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society
    "Brilliant... explains how the rhetoric of competition has invaded almost every domain of our existence."- Evgeny Morozov, author of To Save Everything, Click Here"A sparkling, original, and provocative analysis of neoliberalism... a distinctive account of the diverse, sometimes contradictory, conventions and justifications that lend authority to the extension of the spirit of competitiveness to ... Read more

    $69.29 USD

  • Society and Economy

    Framework and Principles

    by Mark Granovetter ...
    Society and Economy—a work of exceptional ambition by the founder of modern economic sociology—is the first full account of Mark Granovetter’s ideas about the diverse ways in which society and economy are intertwined.The economy is not a sphere separate from other human activities, Granovetter writes. It is deeply embedded in social relations and subject to the same emotions, ideas, and ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • Economic Analysis, Moral Philosophy, and Public Policy

    by Daniel Hausman, Michael McPherson, Debra Satz ...
    This book shows through argument and numerous policy-related examples how understanding moral philosophy can improve economic analysis, how moral philosophy can benefit from economists' analytical tools, and how economic analysis and moral philosophy together can inform public policy. Part I explores the idea of rationality and its connections to ethics, arguing that when they defend their formal ... Read more

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  • Keys to the City

    How Economics, Institutions, Social Interaction, and Politics Shape Development

    by Michael Storper ...
    Why do some cities grow economically while others decline? Why do some show sustained economic performance while others cycle up and down? In Keys to the City, Michael Storper, one of the world's leading economic geographers, looks at why we should consider economic development issues within a regional context--at the level of the city-region--and why city economies develop unequally. Storper ... Read more

    $33.89 USD

  • The Limits of Neoliberalism

    Authority, Sovereignty and the Logic of Competition

    by William Davies ...
    Brilliant...explains how the rhetoric of competition has invaded almost every domain of our existence."—Evgeny Morozov, author of To Save Everything, Click Here""In this fascinating book Davies inverts the conventional neoliberal practice of treating politics as if it were mere epiphenomenon of market theory, demonstrating that their version of economics is far better understood as the pursuit of ... Read more

    $45.89 USD

  • An Economic Theory of Greed, Love, Groups, and Networks

    by Paul Frijters ...
    Why are people loyal? How do groups form and how do they create incentives for their members to abide by group norms? Until now, economics has only been able to partially answer these questions. In this groundbreaking work, Paul Frijters presents a new unified theory of human behaviour. To do so, he incorporates comprehensive yet tractable definitions of love and power, and the dynamics of groups ... Read more

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  • New Financial Ethics

    A Normative Approach

    by Aloy Soppe ...
    Series series Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy
    Following the internationalisation, globalisation and deregulation of the financial market over the last few decades, the financial sector has evolved from a servicing industry into an initiating and leading sector in the international industrialised economy. The power of the financial sector, including Credit Rating Agencies, determines the creditworthiness of companies and countries. Today’s ... Read more

    $65.99 USD