{"product_id":"the-sociology-of-disruption-disaster-and-social-change-9781107032149","title":"The Sociology of Disruption Disaster and Social Change","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a consequence of disruption and disaster, cooperation among members of a collective is refocused on matters such as status, membership and the formation of coalitions. Hendrik Vollmer investigates the ways in which disruption transforms social order in an analysis that will engage, among others, readers interested in sociological theory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This is sociological theory at its best: insightful, rigorous and readable. Vollmer does not merely draw our attention to the importance of disruption and repair, demonstrating that rules are constituted by exceptions, and not the other way around, but teases out regularities in the processes by which social order emerges and then is realized to have disappeared. Required reading.' John Levi Martin, University of Chicago, and author of The Explanation of Social Action\u003cbr\u003e'A highly original approach to the often unnoticed 'bottom-up' mechanisms of social change. The range of applications includes organizational stress, disasters and warfare.' Uwe Schimank, University of Bremen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Confronting disruptions: the nexus of social situations; 2. Framing situations, responding to disruptions; 3. The social order of punctuated cooperation; 4. Organizational stress, failure and succession; 5. Violence and warfare; 6. Elaborating the theory.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768966873431,"sku":"9781107032149","price":88.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781107032149.jpg?v=1758719190","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-sociology-of-disruption-disaster-and-social-change-9781107032149","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}