Western Society In Transition

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface to the American Edition -- 1. Introduction and Overview -- PART I :THE ARGUMENT SPELLED OUT -- 2. Principles of Social Structures and their institutional Manifestations -- 3. The Regulative Impact of the World Market -- 4. Waves and Cycles as Modes of Change -- PART II: DISCONTINUITIES A N D THEIR LINKS -- 5. Technological Styles -- 6. Politico-Economic Regimes -- 7. The Societal Model and its Career -- PART III: SHAPING INSTITUTIONAL ORDERS -- 8. The Artificial Person and Structures of Economic Power -- 9. Schools and the Myth of Equal Opportunity -- 10. The Tortuous Paths of Capitalist and State Evolution -- PART IV: CONVERGENCE IN THE WEST? -- 11. Convergence and Persisting Differences -- 12. Japan: Any Lessons for the West? -- 13. Legitimacy and Comparative Advantages -- PART V: PRESENT TRANSFORM ATIONS AND FUTURE COMPETITIVE EDGES -- 14. Western European Unification as a Competing Model in the Triad -- 15. Cornerstones of a New Societal Model -- 16. Hegemonic Conditions Without a Hegemon -- List of Tables and Figures -- Bibliography -- Index

• • Author: Michael A. Ledeen, Volker Bornschier
• • Publisher: Routledge
• • Publication Date: Apr 16, 2018
• • Number of Pages: 464 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1138517836
• • ISBN-13: 9781138517837