Shmuel Noah Eisenstadt

Comparative Civilizations and Multiple Modernities

Max Weber's provocative thesis about the role of Protestant values in the emergence of modern capitalism has become one of the best-known and most influential ideas ever advanced in social science. First set forth more than sixty-five years ago, it has been the subject of continuing and tremendously fruitful controversy ever since. The sociologists, political scientists, and anthropologists whose writings Professor Eisenstadt has gathered together in this volume show the continuing relevance of Weber to our understanding of the modernization process by doing two things for the first time: (1) re-examining the Protestant-ethic thesis in the light of contemporary sociological analysis and (2) applying it to contemporary non-Western as well as Western societies. The result is a highly suggestive work that will interest all those -- theorists and practitioners alike -- concerned with the problem of social change. - Back cover.

A Comparative View

The Protestant Ethic and Modernization

Comparative Analysis of Processes of Agricultural Development and Modernization: Shapiro, M. Agrarian development and modernization in Greece. Kimmerling, B. Uganda, the pattern of inner dualism. Kimmerling, B. Rural reconstruction in Côte d'Ivoire. Weintraub, D. Agrarian development and modernization in the Philippines in the context of a stagnative centre and a weak periphery. Morag-Talmon, P. Agrarian reform in Mexico. Morag-Talmon, P. Agrarian reform in Venezuela

Ora Ahimeir

Shemuʾel Noaḥ Aizenshṭadṭ

This book surveys the creation and existence of the welfare state in the developed economies, analyzes ways in which problems have emerged, and suggests possibilities for reform.

The Welfare State and Its Aftermath

Stein Rokkan

Introduces the principles and applications of the metric system.

Building States & Nations Vol2

Shemuel Noaḥ Aizensḥtadṭ

Die Vielfalt der Moderne

Winner of the prestigious MacIver Award when it was first published, this remains a towering work of modern political sociology, especially of macrosociology. Its main objective is comparative analysis of political commonalities found in different societies, both historical and present. The book seeks to find some pattern or laws in the structure and development of such systems. The imaginative use of data helps to bring order into what might otherwise be considered a speculative volume. The purpose of The Political Systems of Empires is to apply sociological concepts to the analysis of historical societies through the comparative analysis of a special type of political system. This analysis does not purport to be historical or descriptive. Its main objective is comparative analysis of political commonalities found in different societies. The book seeks to find some pattern or laws in the structure and development of such systems.

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