Professions in Civil Society and the State: Invariant Foundations and Consequences: 110 (International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology) - Hardcover

Sciulli, David

 
9789004178311: Professions in Civil Society and the State: Invariant Foundations and Consequences: 110 (International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 9004178317 ISBN 13: 9789004178311
Publisher: Brill, 2009

Synopsis

Professions are central to any political sociology of major associations, organizations and venues in civil society underpinning democracy; they are not a subset of livelihoods in a mundane sociology of work and occupations. Professions in Civil Society and the State is at once elegant and startling in its directness and the sheer scope of its implications for future comparative research and theory. Not since Talcott Parsons during the early 1970s has any sociologist (or political scientist) pursued this line of inquiry. Sciulli's theoretical approach differs fundamentally from Parsons' and rests on a breadth of historical and cross-national support that always eluded him. The sociology of professions has come full circle, leaving behind Parsons, his critics, and two generations of received wisdom.

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About the Author

David Sciulli, Ph.D. Political Science, Columbia University, is Professor of Sociology at Texas A&M University. He is author of Theory of Societal Constitutionalism (Cambridge 1992), Corporations v. the Court (Lynne Reinner 1999) and Corporate Power in Civil Society (NYU 2001).

From the Back Cover

Professions are central to any political sociology of major associations, organizations and venues in civil society underpinning democracy; they are not a subset of livelihoods in a mundane sociology of work and occupations. "Professions in Civil Society and the State" is at once elegant and startling in its directness and the sheer scope of its implications for future comparative research and theory. Not since Talcott Parsons during the early 1970s has any sociologist (or political scientist) pursued this line of inquiry. Sciulli s theoretical approach differs fundamentally from Parsons and rests on a breadth of historical and cross-national support that always eluded him. The sociology of professions has come full circle, leaving behind Parsons, his critics, and two generations of received wisdom.

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Publisher
Brill
Publication date
2009
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9004178317
ISBN 13 
9789004178311
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
490