Description
Book SynopsisCombining classical social theory, historical evidence, and survey data, Waisman explores the relationship between the degree of modernization and the legitimacy of the capitalist social order.
Trade ReviewAn important and rigorously executed theoretical and historical study that merits careful reading. * American Journal of Sociology *
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I. Outcomes, Collective Action, and Structural Correlates
- 2. Outcomes of the Process of Incorporation
- 3. A Conceptual Framework for the Analysis of Collective Political Action
- 4. Three Cases: Disraelian Britain, Bismarckian Germany, and Peronist Argentina
- 5. Structural Correlates of Outcomes
- Part II. Structural Properties and Forms of Political Action
- 6. Structural Properties
- 7. Structural Properties in Classical Revolutionary Theories
- 8. Two Studies of the Argentine Working Class
- 9. Structural Modernization and Forms of Political Action: A Diachronic View
- 10. The Effects of Integration and Centrality
- 11. The Effects of Deprivation and Marginalization
- Conclusion
- 12. The Working Class and the Legitimacy of Capitalism
- Appendix
- Notes
- Index
