Neil J. Smelser / Jeffrey C. Alexander (eds.)

Broschiertes Buch

Diversity and Its Discontents

Cultural Conflict and Common Ground in Contemporary American Society

Herausgeber: Smelser, Neil J.; Alexander, Jeffrey C.

Beschreibung

Familiar terms such as culture wars, multiculturalism, moral majority, and family values all suggest a society fragmented by the issue of cultural diversity. So does any social solidarity exist among Americans? This book explores ideological differences, theoretical disputes, social processes, and institutional change.

Autor

Neil J. Smelser is the Director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford. His books include The Handbook of Economic Sociology (Princeton), coedited with Richard Swedberg. Jeffrey C. Alexander is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles. His most recent book is Real Civil Societies: Dilemmas of Institutionalization.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Seitenzahl: 330
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Mai 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 504g
• ISBN-13: 9780691004372
• ISBN-10: 0691004374
• Artikelnr.: 22430179