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Western society in transition / Volker Bornschier.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bornschier, Volker, 1944- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English German
Published:	New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers, [1996]
Subjects:	Social history > 20th century Economic history > 20th century Social change.

Table of Contents:

Preface to the American Edition
1. Introduction and Overview
2. Principles of Social Structures and their Institutional Manifestations
3. The Regulative Impact of the World Market
4. Waves and Cycles as Modes of Change
5. Technological Styles
6. Politico-Economic Regimes
7. The Societal Model and its Career
8. The Artificial Person and Structures of Economic Power
9. Schools and the Myth of Equal Opportunity
10. The Tortuous Paths of Capitalist and State Evolution
11. Convergence and Persisting Differences
12. Japan: Any Lessons for the West?
13. Legitimacy and Comparative Advantages
14. Western European Unification as a Competing Model in the Triad
15. Cornerstones of a New Societal Model
16. Hegemonic Conditions without a Hegemon
List of Tables and Figures
Bibliography
Indexes.