{"product_id":"social-theory-and-postcommunism-hardback-9780631211112","title":"Social Theory and Postcommunism (Hardback) 9780631211112","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSocial Theory and Postcommunism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWilliam Outhwaite (Author), Larry Ray (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780631211112, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 16 December 2004\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e268 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.1 x 16.6 x 2.3 cm, 0.539 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"[This] book is important. The theoretical challenges and chances for reinvigoration that postcommunism represents have undoubtedly been overlooked thus far. Outhwaite and Ray have provided a very suggestive redress.\" \u003cb\u003eAustralian Journal of Political Science\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"This book offers an insightful and refreshingly jargon-free examination of the major dilemmas faced by post-Communist polities in their search for constructing democratic communities ... Students of democracy, globali\u003c\/i\u003ezation, civil society, nationalism and political ideologies will find this book extremely useful.\" \u003cb\u003eSeer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"No doubt ... the book deserves the attention that it is likely to attract.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eAmerican Journal of Sociology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"This book offers an insightful and refreshingly jargon-free examination of the major dilemmas faced by post-Communist polities in their search for constructing democratic communities. Students of democracy, globalization, civil society, nationalism and political ideologies will find this book extremely useful.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eSlavonic and East European Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"[Each chapter] offers a survey of a significant body of literature\u003c\/i\u003e... In their literature surveys, Outhwaite and Ray provide clear and engaging overviews. The chapters are written for readers well versed in both classical and contemporary sociology. Each is valuable on its own as an informed essay on a major theme in social theory... There is much to appreciate in what Outhwaite and Ray have to say in this book, including both their respect for the stubbornness of reality in contradicting our ideas and their moral concern for the economic and political injustice that persists in the face of that reality.\" \u003cb\u003ePhilosophy of the Social Sciences\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"A significant event in social theory's ongoing return to earth after its prolonged fit of factless abstractionalism, made all the more valuable by the authors' knowledge of, and respect for, the world's particularity. A genuinely thoughtful and thought provoking book.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eAnthony Woodiwiss, City University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eSocial Theory and Postcommunism\u003c\/i\u003e undertakes a thorough study of the implications of post-communism for sociological theory. Written by two leading social theorists, the book discusses the thesis that the fall of communism has decimated alternative conceptions of social organizations other than capitalism.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eAnalyzes the implications of the fall of communism on social theory\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses alternative ideas of social organizations other than capitalism, in the wake of the collapse of communism\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers state\/civil society, globalization, the future of “modernity,” and post-socialism\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface. \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Being Taken By Surprise.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Theory After the Fall.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Class: Marx and Weber.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Society, Solidarity and Anomie: Durkheim.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Three Types of Convergence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Socialism, modernity and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Globalization and Convergence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Civil Society East and West.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Modernity, memory and postcommunism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Concluding Themes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52316807758104,"sku":"9780631211112","price":86.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780631211112.jpg?v=1781826091","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/social-theory-and-postcommunism-hardback-9780631211112","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}