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Max Weber's concept of social closure states that a dominant group safeguards its position and privileges by monopolizing resources and opportunities for its own group while denying access to outsiders. Using this idea, Murphy here examines the reasons for social inequality in contemporary society. Using Quebec as a case study, He shows how language controls social actions and material interests, and then compares the situation in Canada with those in Northern Ireland and South Africa, where religion and race respectively are used as criteria for exclusion.
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Raymond Murphy is at University of Ottawa.
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"Offers excellent critical reviews of works by Frank Parkin and Randall Collins....Makes an important contribution by formulating a number of the fundamental ideas that key neo-Weberians advance for the study of social inclusion and exclusion."--American Journal of Sociology
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- PublisherClarendon Press
- Publication date1988
- ISBN 10 0198272685
- ISBN 13 9780198272687
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages284
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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. The development and inequalities of society have traditionally been analysed in terms of stratification and class. Raymond Murphy argues that important inequalities of power remain unanalysed by traditional social theories, and that the concept of social closure, suggested by Max Weber, provides a means of capturing the common and essential features of types of subordination that appear quite different on the surface. Seemingly unrelatedforms of domination based on private property, the bureaucratic Communist Party, credentials, status, race, language, and gender, are tied together by Weber's notion of social closure as the underlyingprinciple of all systems of inequality in power. The book suggests improvements to the conceptions of closure, power, and social class, and turns closure theory back on itself to analyse the scholarly field. It develops a conceptualization of the rules of social closure and their transformation, and compares the Weberian concept of closure with the Marxian concept of exploitation. Raymond Murphy examines the way in which Western society, in the elusive pursuit of masteryand control, has transformed its codes of social closure by the process of formal rationalization. He shows how this formal rationalization of monopolization and exclusion has led to substantivelyirrational results. Professor Murphy's conclusion - that Weber's theories of social closure and rationalization provide a conceptual basis for going beyond a narrow focus on one particular means of monopolization to an analysis of monopolization and exclusion per se - marks an important and original advance in the development of the ideas of Weber and in social theory generally. The author examines the way in which Western society has transformed its codes of social closure and compares the Weberian concept of closure with Marxist theories of exploitation, thus marking an important advance in Weberian studies. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780198272687
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