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Autore |
Castles Francis G (Francis Geoffrey), <1943-> |
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Titolo |
Politics and social insight [[electronic resource] /] / Francis G. Castles |
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Abingdon, Oxon, : Routledge, 2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-135-19560-9 |
1-282-25631-9 |
9786612256318 |
0-203-09229-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (122 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Political sociology |
Political science |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliography and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Sociology and the discipline of politics; 2 The elementary forms of the political life; 3 On theory, evidence and insight; 4 Functionalism as metatheory; 5 The analysis of conflict as a metathepretical orientation; 6 Anomie and the theory of mass society; Notes and referecnes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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First published in 1971, this is a clear, straightforward introductory discussion of the importance of sociological knowledge, and particularly sociological theory, for the understanding of political life. The topics covered include sociology and the discipline of politics, the elementary forms of political life, and the relationship between theory, evidence and insight. Francis Castles also looks at functionalism and the analysis of conflict as sociological meta-theories, and at the idea of anomie and the theory of mass society. The book should be of prime interest to students of po |
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