Philip Selznick [[electronic resource] ] : ideals in the world / / Martin Krygier

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910790306503321
• Autore: Krygier Martin
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Stanford, California, : Stanford Law Books, 2012
• ISBN: 0-8047-8374-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (350 p.)
• Collana: Jurists-- profiles in legal theory
• Disciplina: 306.2/501
• Soggetti: Organizational sociology; Social sciences - Philosophy; Sociological jurisprudence
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: First Thoughts; 1. The ""Tragedy of Organization""; 2. The Ideal and the Real; Part II: Organizations and Institutions; 3. Organizations and Ideals; 4. Institutional Leadership; 5. Pathos and Politics; Part III: Law; 6. Jurisprudential Sociology; 7. The Rule of Law: Expansion; 8. The Rule of Law: Transformation; 9. Values, Conflict, Development; Part IV: Social Philosophy; 10. Morality and Modernity; 11. Communitarian Liberalism; Conclusion: Missing What Matters; Notes; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Philip Selznick's wide-ranging writings engaged with fundamental questions concerning society, politics, institutions, law, and morals. Never confined by a single discipline or approach, he proved himself a major figure across a range of fields including sociology, organizations and institutions, leadership, political science, sociology of law, political theory, and social philosophy. This volume, the first book-length treatment of Selznick's ideas, discusses Selznick's various intellectual contributions.Reading across Selznick's work, one appreciates the coherence of his fundamen