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An edition of Big Structures, Large Processes, Huge Comparisons (1984)

Big structures, large processes, huge comparisons

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Tilly argues for a shift in social sciences from individual to social relationships. Societies are not autonomous systems, and social inquiry should concentrate on relationships and activities. Inquiry into how societies form and change may may be local or transnational, and it may involve other relationships and activities. How such inquiry should be carried out is unclear, although there are several possible examples available.

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Russell Sage Foundation
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English
Pages
176

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Research, Social change, Social history, Theoriee n., Histoire sociale, Recherche, Investigacio n, Changement social, Sozialer Wandel, Historia social, Sociale verandering, E volution sociale, Sociology, Évolution sociale, Investigación, Theorieën
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Big Structures, Large Processes, Huge Comparisons
June 1989, Russell Sage Foundation Publications
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Cover of: Big structures, large processes, huge comparisons
Big structures, large processes, huge comparisons
1984, Russell Sage Foundation
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Cover of: Big Structures, Large Processes, Huge Comparisons
Big Structures, Large Processes, Huge Comparisons
1984, Russell Sage Foundation
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First Sentence

"Who do other people’s books behave like docile marionettes? Mine keep playing Pinocchio."

Table of Contents

1. Intellectual Equipment
Worrying About Social Change
Page 1
Thinkers Face Change
Page 6
What Was Happening?
Page 7
Big Structures, Large Processes, Huge Comparisons
Page 10
What to Do
Page 13
2. Four Pernicious Postulates
False Principles
Page 17
Society Is a Thing Apart
Page 20
Mental Events Cause Social Behavior
Page 26
"Social Change" Is a Coherent Phenomenon
Page 33
Stage Theories
Page 41
3. Four More Pernicious Postulates
Differentiation Is a Progressive Master Process
Page 43
Differentiation Versus Integration
Page 50
Change, Strain, Disorder
Page 53
Illegitimate Versus Legitimate Force
Page 56
4. Comparing
Eradicating Pernicious Postulates
Page 60
Will Total History Save Us?
Page 65
The Case for Huge (But Not Stupendous) Comparisons
Page 74
No Safety in Numbers
Page 76
Ways of Seeing
Page 80
Looking at Comparisons
Page 84
5. Individualizing Comparisons
The Will to Individualize
Page 87
Kings or People?
Page 91
Cracks in the Foundation
Page 94
6. Universalizing Comparisons
The Decline of Natural History
Page 97
Models of Revolution
Page 102
Theda Skocpol's Revolutions
Page 105
7. Finding Variation
How and When to Look for Variation
Page 116
Barrington Moor Compares
Page 119
8. Encompassing Comparisions
Encompassing the World
Page 125
Stein Rokkan Encompasses
Page 129
Rokkan's "Conceptual Maps of Europe"
Page 131
What's Wrong? What Should We Do About It?
Page 139
9. Conclusions
The Tasks at Hand
Page 144
Bibliography
Page 148
Acknowledgements
Page 169
Index
Page 171

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 148-167) and index.

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Series
Russell Sage Foundation 75th anniversary series

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Dewey Decimal Class
303.4/072
Library of Congress
HM101 .T557 1984

The Physical Object

Pagination
xii, 176 p. :
Number of pages
176

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OL2871738M
Internet Archive
bigstructureslar00till_609
ISBN 10
0871548798
LCCN
84060264
OCLC/WorldCat
11687787
Library Thing
124797
Goodreads
6534396

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