Differentiation Theory and Social Change : Comparative and Historical Perspectives

24x16 cm, xiv,510 pp Contains 13 papers. Includes: Modes of structural differentiation, Elite structure & cultural visions; Culture, differentiation & environment; Fundamentalism & sociocultural revitalization: On the logic of dedifferentiation; Uneven differentiation and incomplete institutionalization : Political change & continuity in the early American nation; The contest between family & schooling in nineteenth -century Britain; Political competition & differentiation in the antebellum United States; Core solidarity, ethnic out - groups, & social differentiation; The differentiation of the solidary public; The mass news media in systemic, historical , & comparative perspective; Differentiation & collegial formations: implications of societal constitutionalism ; The paradox of the system differentiation & the evolution of society; Differentiation, rationalization, interpenetration, the emergence of modern society. Minor rubbing. VG., dustwrapper.