LEADER 02640nam 22006134a 450 001 996210518603316 005 20170809162225.0 010 $a1-280-19749-8 010 $a9786610197491 010 $a0-470-70101-3 010 $a0-470-77334-0 010 $a1-4051-3784-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000351855 035 $a(EBL)228598 035 $a(OCoLC)475936873 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000247730 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11200247 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000247730 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10200121 035 $a(PQKB)11188946 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC228598 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000351855 100 $a20040518d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSocial theory and postcommunism$b[electronic resource] /$fWilliam Outhwaite and Larry Ray 210 $aMalden, MA $cBlackwell$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (266 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-631-21112-8 311 $a0-631-21111-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [217]-244) and index. 327 $aIntroduction : being taken by surprise -- Theory after the fall -- Class : Marx and Weber -- Society, solidarity and anomie : Durkheim -- Three types of convergence -- Socialism, modernity and beyond -- Globalization and convergence -- Civil society East and West -- Modernity, memory and post-communism -- Concluding themes. 330 $aSocial Theory and Postcommunism undertakes a thorough study of the implications of post-communism for sociological theory. Written by two leading social theorists, the book discusses the thesis that the fall of communism has decimated alternative conceptions of social organizations other than capitalism.Analyzes the implications of the fall of communism on social theoryDiscusses alternative ideas of social organizations other than capitalism, in the wake of the collapse of communismCovers state/civil society, globalization, the future of "modernity," and post-socialism