Order and control in American socio-economic thought : social scientists and progressive-era reform / / Charles R. McCann, Jr

• Autore: McCann Charles R (Charles Robert), <1956-, >
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (321 p.)
• Disciplina: 973.91
• Soggetto topico: Social control; Social structure; Economics - Sociological aspects; Social scientists
• Soggetto geografico: United States Politics and government 1865-1933
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Order and Control in American Socio- Economic Thought Social scientists and Progressive- Era reform""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1 An introduction to Progressivism""; ""A Darwinian digression ""; ""Progressivism described (if not defined) ""; ""Dating the era ""; ""Some tenets of Progressive thought ""; ""Progressivism as coercion ""; ""Remarks ""; ""2 Lester Frank Ward: progenitor of American Progressivism""; ""Biographical summary ""; ""The nature of sociology ""; ""Natural order ""; ""Social control ""; ""Eugenics ""; ""Remarks "" ; ""3 Degeneracy and directed order: Charles Horton Cooley and Progressive- Era sociology""""Biographical summary ""; ""Individual and society ""; ""Degeneracy ""; ""Heredity or environment? ""; ""Class, caste, and race ""; ""Eugenics and the survival of the best ""; ""Race improvement ""; ""Poverty and the unfit ""; ""The economist vs. social progress ""; ""Remarks ""; ""4 Edward Alsworth Ross: the need for social control""; ""Biographical summary ""; ""The nature of order ""; ""The pillars of natural order ""; ""Spontaneous order ""; ""Restraint and directed order "" ; ""The nature of society """"“Radiant pointsâ€? of control ""; ""Instruments of control ""; ""The individual ""; ""Race betterment ""; ""Social Darwinism ""; ""Remarks ""; ""5 Richard Theodore Ely: Christian Socialist and prophet of paternalism""; ""Biographical summary ""; ""The nature of political economy ""; ""Christian ethics and social reform ""; ""The market and liberty ""; ""The American Economic Association ""; ""Socialism and paternalism ""; ""The Conservation Movement ""; ""Remarks ""; ""6 Henry Carter Adams and the regulatory state""; ""Biographical summary ""; ""Socialism "" ; ""Democracy and liberty """"Relation of the State to Industrial Action ""; ""Economics and Jurisprudence: a plea for industrial democracy ""; ""Public finance and the administrative State ""; ""Remarks ""; ""7 Prolegomenon to the social philosophy of John Dewey""; ""Biographical summary ""; ""The genesis of social norms ""; ""Custom, tradition, and socialization ""; ""Impulse and habit in social change ""; ""The nature of morality ""; ""Imagination and deliberation ""; ""Individual and society ""; ""Institutions ""; ""Liberty and equality ""; ""Social control and State action "" ; ""Remarks: Dewey and Communitarianism """"Conclusion""; ""Laissez-faire as straw man ""; ""Coercion ""; ""The legacy ""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""
• Sommario/riassunto: The Progressive Era is generally regarded as a period of extraordinary social, political, and economic change, affecting virtually every aspect of American life. In the last decades of the nineteenth century, American social scientists, drawing on their experiences with the German social welfare system, became increasingly interested not merely in identifying problems, but in prescribing means by which to effect social change. This book is an effort to identify the various influences upon critical thinkers, and to examine their approaches to solving the social problems of the time.
• Titolo autorizzato: Order and control in American socio-economic thought
• ISBN: 1-136-47360-2; 0-203-12978-4; 1-136-47361-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910797409903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge frontiers of political economy.