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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455590703321

Autore

Warwick Paul <1947->

Titolo

Culture, Structure, or Choice? [[electronic resource] ] : Essays in the Interpretation of the British Experience

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Algora Publishing, 2007

ISBN

1-280-65605-0

0-87586-271-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (268 p.)

Disciplina

306.2

Soggetti

Consensus (Social sciences)

Great Britain -- Economic conditions

Right of property -- Great Britain

Consensus (Social sciences) - Great Britain

Legitimacy of governments - Great Britain

Capitalism - Great Britain

Right of property

Protestantism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

CULTURE, STRUCTURE, OR CHOICE? Essays in the Interpretation of the British Experience; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgments; Part A PROBLEMS AND PERSPECTIVES; Chapter 1 The Dilemma of Culturalism; Chapter 2 The Alternatives to Culturalism; Part B ISSUES AND ANSWERS; Chapter 3 Was Britain Different? Protestantism, Property Rights, and State Power in the Rise of Modern Capitalism; Chapter 4 Did Britain Change? An Inquiry into the Causes of Economic Decline; Chapter 5 Why Has Britain Persisted? The Uncertain Bases of Political Support in the British Polity; Part C REPRISE

Chapter 6 Some Lessons from the Issues Bibliography; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

The study of politics has been profoundly influenced in the post-war era by the introduction of concepts and explanations that highlight the



role of culturally determined norms and values in shaping the political process.This study examines three main perspectives from which the social sciences are discussed, and compares the divergent theories by which social, economic, and political phenomena may be explained. Rational-choice theory is contrasted with the structuralist and the culturalist perspectives. The controversy is then given substance through the introduction of three issues central