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Zusatztext "Philip Selznick made substantial contributions to several areas of social thought. This alone would warrant his high standing in American intellectual life. But in this book, Martin Krygier makes a persuasive case that Selznick was not a clever fox but a profound hedgehog. He shows that the whole of Selznick's work is much greater than sum of its parts, indeed magisterial. He identifies overarching themes in Selznick's various works and shows how they reveal important truths about institutions and individuals in late modernity. This is an important book, not only for what it reveals about the profundity of Selznick's work, but for its author's ability to bring it to the fore." Informationen zum Autor Martin Krygier is Gordon Samuels Professor of Law and Social Theory at the University of New South Wales, and Adjunct Professor at the Regulatory Institutions Network (RegNet), Australian National University. Klappentext Martin Krygier is Gordon Samuels Professor of Law and Social Theory at the University of New South Wales, and Adjunct Professor at the Regulatory Institutions Network (RegNet), Australian National University. Zusammenfassung This, the first comprehensive account of Philip Selznick's writings on many of the major issues in social science and public policy, explores his particular subjects and ideas, his overarching preoccupation with the conditions that frustrate and favor attainment of ideals, and the specific texture and character of his distinctive moral-intellectual outlook.
