Sociology Today - Social Transformations in a Globalizing World

Informationen zum Autor Arnaud Sales holds a Doctorat d'État ès Lettres et Sciences Humaines, from Université de Paris 7-Denis Diderot. He is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Montreal, Canada. He is a specialist in economic sociology focusing on the interface of the economic and political fields. His research interests center on the relations between the public and private spheres, and the emergence of international private authorities; economic and administrative elites, and knowledge workers; the role of knowledge in social transformations. His publications include: La Bourgeoisie industrielle au Québec (PUM, 1979); Décideurs et gestionnaires (Éditeur officiel du Québec, 1985); He has edited or co-edited the following volumes: Développement national et économie mondialisée (Sociologie et Sociétés, 1979); La recomposition du politique (PUM/L’Harmattan, 1991); Québec, fin de siècle (Sociologie et Sociétés,1994); The International Handbook of Sociology (Sage, 2000); New Directions in the Study of Knowledge, Economy and Society (SSIS, Current Sociology, Sage, 2001) ; Knowledge, Communication and Creativity, (Sage, 2007). He was Vice-Dean of the Université de Montréal’s Faculty of Graduate Studies (1987-1992) and has chaired the Department of Sociology (2000-2007). He is a former Vice-President, International, of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (1995-1998) where he founded the Knowledge, Economy and Society Network with R. Hollingsworth. After chairing the ISA Research Committee 02 on Economy and Society, he was elected Vice-President for Research (1998-2002) of the International Sociological Association and chaired ISA Research Council. In 2006, he was named Chevalier de l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques of France. Klappentext Published in association with International Sociological Association (ISA), this edited work is a timely collection from an international set of authors. Zusammenfassung Published in association with International Sociological Association (ISA)! this edited work is a timely collection from an international set of authors. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART I: INTRODUCTION Chapter 1: Transformations in the Multiple Domains of a Turbulent World - Arnaud Sales PART II: CONCEPTUAL PERSPECTIVES FOR UNDERSTANDING THE DYNAMICS OF SOCIAL CHANGE Chapter 2: A Re-Appraisal of Agency-Structure Theories to Understand Social Change - Arnaud Sales Chapter 3: Global Society and Polyarchic Governance - Alberto Martinelli Chapter 4: Social Transformations and Knowledge - Nico Stehr & Bernd Weiler PART III: RECOMPOSITION OF THE POLITICAL DOMAIN AND CHALLENGES TO CIVIL SOCIETY Chapter 5: Political Sociology Responds to Change - Kay Lawson, Mildred Schwartz & Eva Etzioni-Halevy Chapter 6: Global Social Movements - Politics, Subjectivity and Human Rights - Pierre Hamel, Henri Lustiger-Thaler & Louis Maheu PART IV: THE TRANSFORMATION OF ORGANIZATIONS AND WORK Chapter 7: Transforming Organizations - Stewart Clegg Chapter 8: Transformations of Work in a Global Context - Employment Systems, Autonomy and Work-life Articulation as Main Challenges - Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay Chapter 9: Reconnections - Labour Sociologies in a Globalizing Era - Carla Lipsig-Mummé & Edward Webster Chapter 10: Returning to Professions - Julia Evetts PART V: THE TRANSFORMATION OF LIFE WORLD AND CULTURE Chapter 11: Challenging Women¿s Domination and Striving for Equity and the Respect of Difference - Ann Denis Chapter 12: Family Change and Lifecourse Development - Social Transformations on the Intimate Frontiers - Susan A. McDaniel Chapter 13: The Waning of Religious Beliefs in Thirty European Countries - Empirical Evidence - Mattei Dogan Chapter 14: The Culture Society - An Heuristic for Analyzing Cultural Change in the Global Age - Arturo Rodriguez Morató Chapter 15: Power and Global Sport - Zones of...

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• Authors: Arnaud Sales, Arnaud (EDT) Sales
• Assisted by: Arnaud Sales (Editor)
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.08.2012
• EAN: 9781849204699
• ISBN: 978-1-84920-469-9
• No. of pages: 464
• Series: Sage Studies in International Sociology
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories