β Scribed by Graham Crow (auth.)
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Introduction....Pages 1-8
The Theory and Practice of Comparative Sociology....Pages 9-30
The Making of the Modern World: the Historical Sociology of Barrington Moore....Pages 31-50
The Proliferation of Capitalisms: Organized Capitalism, Disorganized Capitalism and Beyond....Pages 51-72
Modern Capitalism and the State: the Contradictions of State Welfare and Corporatism....Pages 73-93
The Rise and Transcendence of State Socialism: Stalinism, De-Stalinization and Beyond....Pages 94-114
The Rise and Fall of the Third World: Development, Disillusion and Divergence....Pages 115-135
From Three Worlds to Globalization: Economic Restructuring, Democratization and Cultural Change in a Global Context....Pages 136-157
Comparative Sociology and Theories of Social Change: Progress, Unpredictability and Visions of the Future....Pages 158-178
Back Matter....Pages 179-206
Comparative Politics; Social Theory; Sociology, general; Political Science; Political Theory
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