It has become something of an orthodoxy of contemporary sociology that modern democratic industrial societies are essentially alike, and that they are confronted by uniform challenges, whether industrial (strikes and demonstrations), social (the 'crisis of the welfare state'), or political...

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Main Author:	Birnbaum, Pierre (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1988
Subjects:	Politik Collectivism Corporate state / Europe State, The Kollektivismus Korporativer Staat Europa Europe / Politics and government Westeuropa USA Aufsatzsammlung
Online Access:	BSB01 UBG01 Volltext
Summary:	It has become something of an orthodoxy of contemporary sociology that modern democratic industrial societies are essentially alike, and that they are confronted by uniform challenges, whether industrial (strikes and demonstrations), social (the 'crisis of the welfare state'), or political. In this important collection of studies Professor Birnbaum asserts, however, that the very existence of differentiation, challenge such a hypothesis. Linking historical and sociological investigation, Birnbaum argues that it is only through divergent state-formation that regional and national state variations in, for example, industrial conflict, policing or ideological configuration can be explained. His analysis of the influence of each type of state upon the development of various collective action and mobilisation processes establishes the crucial importance of the state as a quasi-independent variable
Item Description:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Physical Description:	1 online resource (232 pages)
ISBN:	9780511598630
DOI:	10.1017/CBO9780511598630