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Comparative Analysis of Complex Organizations, Rev. Ed.
Häftad, 1975
259 kr
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This important book “classifies organizations on the basis of organizational properties and systemically examines variations amount different types of organization” (American Sociological Review).Bringing light to a neglected field, A Comparative Analysis of Complex Organizations presents models …
Moral Dimension
Toward a New Economics
Häftad, 1990
207 kr
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Blending elements of psychology, philosophy, and sociology with economics, Etzioni presents a bold new vision of the social sciences - one which proposes that broader moral, social and political concerns modify economic behaviour and shape individual decision-making. In establishing the necessitary …
Security First
For a Muscular, Moral Foreign Policy
Häftad, 2008
565 kr
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The need for drastic change in American foreign policy is clear, argues Etzioni, and he proposes an approach that is both pragmatic and morally sound“Rarely have more profound changes in American foreign policy been called for than today,” begins Amitai Etzioni in the preface to this book. Yet …
How Patriotic is the Patriot Act?
Freedom Versus Security in the Age of Terrorism
Inbunden, 2004
919 kr
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In this short book, Etzioni, the well-known and respected public intellectual and communitarian thinker, charts a middle course, or third way 'between those who are committed to shore up our liberties but blind to the needs of public security, as well as those who never met a right they are not …
Limits Of Privacy
Häftad, 2000
326 kr
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Privacy is perhaps the most hallowed of American rights,and most people are concerned that new technologies available to governments and corporations threaten to erode this most privileged of rights. But in The Limits of Privacy, Amitai Etzioni offers a decidedly different point of view, in which …
Repentance
A Comparative Perspective
Av Amitai Etzioni, David E. Carney
E-bok, 2000
779 kr
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There is no consensus about what someone who has violated society''s rules must do in order to be fully restored to the community. Although repentance is a prominent idea in religions ranging from Judaism, Christianity, and Islam to Buddhism and Hinduism, its use in civic culture is vague and …
Rights vs. Public Safety after 9/11
America in the Age of Terrorism
Av Amitai Etzioni, Jason H. Marsh
E-bok, 2004
499 kr
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Since the attacks of September 11, 2001, the tension between civil rights and public safety has dominated public discourse. On issues ranging from racial profiling to military tribunals, Americans have had to ask whether it is possible for the United States to defend itself against terrorism …
Monochrome Society
Häftad, 2003
434 kr
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Amitai Etzioni is one of the most influential social and political thinkers of our day, a man synonymous with the ideas of communitarianism. In this book, Etzioni challenges those who argue that diversity or multiculturalism is about to become the governing American creed. On the surface, America …
Monochrome Society
E-bok, 2021
599 kr
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Amitai Etzioni is one of the most influential social and political thinkers of our day, a man synonymous with the ideas of communitarianism. In this book, Etzioni challenges those who argue that diversity or multiculturalism is about to become the governing American creed. On the surface, America …
Political Unification Revisited
On Building Supranational Communities
Häftad, 2001
717 kr
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Can independent nations unify politically? Amitai Etzioni raised this searching question in his seminal 1965 book, Political Unification: A Comparative Study of Leaders and Forces. In this revised edition—now with an extensive new introduction—Etzioni convincingly argues that the experiment of …
Rights vs. Public Safety after 9/11
America in the Age of Terrorism
Av Amitai Etzioni, Jason H. Marsh
Inbunden, 2003
1356 kr
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Since the attacks of September 11, 2001, the tension between civil rights and public safety has dominated public discourse. On issues ranging from racial profiling to military tribunals, Americans have had to ask whether it is possible for the United States to defend itself against terrorism …
Rights vs. Public Safety after 9/11
America in the Age of Terrorism
Av Amitai Etzioni, Jason H. Marsh
Häftad, 2003
461 kr
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Since the attacks of September 11, 2001, the tension between civil rights and public safety has dominated public discourse. On issues ranging from racial profiling to military tribunals, Americans have had to ask whether it is possible for the United States to defend itself against terrorism …
Elite Connection
Problems and Potential of Western Democracy
Häftad, 1992
273 kr
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Designed as a textbook for courses in political theory, political sociology and comparative politics, and as a contribution in its own right, this book explores the role of elite relations as a key to understanding democracy. Following a critical review of the literature on classes, democracy and …
Common Good
Inbunden, 2004
791 kr
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In this book, Amitai Etzioni, public intellectual and leading proponent of communitarian values, defends the view that no society can flourish without a shared obligation to “the common good.” Rejecting claims made by some liberal thinkers that it is not possible to balance individual rights with …
Common Good
Häftad, 2004
273 kr
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In this book, Amitai Etzioni, public intellectual and leading proponent of communitarian values, defends the view that no society can flourish without a shared obligation to “the common good.” Rejecting claims made by some liberal thinkers that it is not possible to balance individual rights with …
Common Good
E-bok, 2014
310 kr
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In this book, Amitai Etzioni, public intellectual and leading proponent of communitarian values, defends the view that no society can flourish without a shared obligation to “the common good.” Rejecting claims made by some liberal thinkers that it is not possible to balance individual rights with …
Avoiding War with China
Two Nations, One World
Inbunden, 2017
287 kr
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Are the United States and China on a collision course? In response to remarks made by Donald Trump’s secretary of state, China’s state-run newspaper Global Times asserted, ""Unless Washington plans to wage a large-scale war in the South China Sea, any other approaches to prevent Chinese access to …
Avoiding War with China
Two Nations, One World
E-bok, 2017
393 kr
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Are the United States and China on a collision course? In response to remarks made by Donald Trump’s secretary of state, China’s state-run newspaper Global Times asserted, "Unless Washington plans to wage a large-scale war in the South China Sea, any other approaches to prevent Chinese access to …
Avoiding War with China
Two Nations, One World
Häftad, 2018
251 kr
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Are the United States and China on a collision course? In response to remarks made by Donald Trump’s secretary of state, China’s state-run newspaper Global Times asserted, ""Unless Washington plans to wage a large-scale war in the South China Sea, any other approaches to prevent Chinese access to …
Reclaiming Patriotism
Inbunden, 2019
316 kr
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Amitai Etzioni has made his reputation by transcending unwieldy, and even dangerous, binaries such as left/right or globalism/nativism. In his new book, Etzioni calls for nothing less than a social transformation—led by a new social movement—to save our world’s democracies, currently under threat …
We Are What We Celebrate
Understanding Holidays and Rituals
Av Amitai Etzioni, Jared Bloom
Inbunden, 2004
973 kr
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How did Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday become a national holiday? Why do we exchange presents on Christmas and Chanukah? What do bunnies have to do with Easter? How did Earth Day become a global holiday? These questions and more are answered in this fascinating exploration into the history and …
We Are What We Celebrate
Understanding Holidays and Rituals
Av Amitai Etzioni, Jared Bloom
Häftad, 2004
429 kr
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How did Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday become a national holiday? Why do we exchange presents on Christmas and Chanukah? What do bunnies have to do with Easter? How did Earth Day become a global holiday? These questions and more are answered in this fascinating exploration into the history and …
Repentance
A Comparative Perspective
Av Amitai Etzioni, David E. Carney
Häftad, 1997
717 kr
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There is no consensus about what someone who has violated society's rules must do in order to be fully restored to the community. Although repentance is a prominent idea in religions ranging from Judaism, Christianity, and Islam to Buddhism and Hinduism, its use in civic culture is vague and …
Essential Communitarian Reader
Häftad, 1998
561 kr
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This outstanding new book shows why communitarian thought has had such a profound influence on contemporary American public policy, from strengthening our neighborhoods to fighting AIDS and educating our children. Edited by Amitai Etzioni, founder of the Communitarian Network and author of the …
National Parks
Rights and the Common Good
Av Francis N. Lovett, Amitai Etzioni
Häftad, 1998
375 kr
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In this book, Francis Lovett examines public parks, especially those administered by the National Park Service, from a communitarian perspective. The author views the parks as an example of a common good_something which is valued for its service to a community or society at large, and not merely …
Civic Repentance
Häftad, 1999
561 kr
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This collection of essays by scholars of diverse backgrounds explores the notion of repentance in our culture, focusing on individuals who have been excluded from society as a result of violating its laws. What must these individuals do to gain redemption and be readmitted? Amitai Etzioni argues …
Socio-economics
Toward a New Synthesis
Av Amitai Etzioni, Paul R. Lawrence
Häftad, 1993
746 kr
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This work is organized in seven sections around major themes of socio-economics. The first section outlines socio-economics in an historical perspective, drawing on the "Methodenstreit" in the German school of economics at the turn of the century. Four additional essays view economic behaviour from …
Demonstration Democracy
E-bok, 2021
576 kr
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This book, first published in 1970, examines the thesis that demonstrations are becoming an integral an integral part of the democratic way of life. It analyses the conditions under which some demonstrations become violent and explores ways in which the incidence of such violence can be greatly …
Demonstration Democracy
E-bok, 2021
589 kr
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This book, first published in 1970, examines the thesis that demonstrations are becoming an integral an integral part of the democratic way of life. It analyses the conditions under which some demonstrations become violent and explores ways in which the incidence of such violence can be greatly …
