{"product_id":"social-theory-and-postcommunism-9780631211129","title":"Social Theory and Postcommunism","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUndertakes a study of the implications of post-communism for sociological theory. This book discusses the thesis that the fall of communism has decimated alternative conceptions of social organizations other than capitalism. It covers state\/civil society, globalization, the future of 'modernity', and post-socialism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[This] book is important. The theoretical challenges and chances for reinvigoration that postcommunism represents have undoubtedly been overlooked thus far. Outhwaite and Ray have provided a very suggestive redress.\" \u003ci\u003eAustralian Journal of Political Science\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\"This book offers an insightful and refreshingly jargon-free examination of the major dilemmas faced by post-Communist polities in their search for constructing democratic communities ... Students of democracy, globalisation, civil society, nationalism and political ideologies will find this book extremely useful.\" \u003ci\u003eSeer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"No doubt ... the book deserves the attention that it is likely to attract.\" \u003ci\u003eAmerican Journal of Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This book offers an insightful and refreshingly jargon-free examination of the major dilemmas faced by post-Communist polities in their search for constructing democratic communities. Students of democracy, globalization, civil society, nationalism and political ideologies will find this book extremely useful.\" \u003ci\u003eSlavonic and East European Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“[Each chapter] offers a survey of a significant body of literature… In their literature surveys, Outhwaite and Ray provide clear and engaging overviews. The chapters are written for readers well versed in both classical and contemporary sociology. Each is valuable on its own as an informed essay on a major theme in social theory… There is much to appreciate in what Outhwaite and Ray have to say in this book, including both their respect for the stubbornness of reality in contradicting our ideas and their moral concern for the economic and political injustice that persists in the face of that reality.\" \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy of the Social Sciences\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface. \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Being Taken By Surprise.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Theory After the Fall.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Class: Marx and Weber.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Society, Solidarity and Anomie: Durkheim.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Three Types of Convergence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Socialism, modernity and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Globalization and Convergence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Civil Society East and West.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Modernity, memory and postcommunism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Concluding Themes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037251404119,"sku":"9780631211129","price":32.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780631211129.jpg?v=1750934993","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/social-theory-and-postcommunism-9780631211129","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}