Theory of societal constitutionalism : foundations of a non-Marxist critical theory
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Theory of societal constitutionalism : foundations of a non-Marxist critical theory
(The Arnold and Caroline Rose monograph series of the American Sociological Association)
Cambridge University Press, 2010, c1992
- : pbk
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
"First published 1992. First paperback printing 2010"--T.p. verso
Bibliography: p. 325-347
Includes indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Sciulli argues that the existing conceptual frameworks of political and social theory restrict both theorists and empirical researchers to a narrow definition of authoritarianism. This 1992 book focuses on government structure and fails to take account of forms of social control exercised outside the governmental sphere. Rather than define authoritarianism primarily by contrast to liberal democracy, Sciulli argues, we need to broaden our conception of authoritarianism to include 'social authoritarianism', referring to social control imposed by private organizations and institutions. Sciulli develops an alternative conceptual framework, which he calls the theory of societal constitutionalism. He explains how the theory can be used to assess whether social order in a society, whether democratic or authoritarian in political rule, is characterized by some degree of social authoritarianism. The book will be important reading for theorists in sociology, political science and legal studies.
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction: societal constitutionalism as critical theory
- Part I. Conceptual Foundations of Societal Constitutionalism: 2. Social integration and social control: the importance of procedural normative restraints
- 3. Liberalism and the Weberian dilemma: from restraints on government to restraints on civil society
- 4. Conceptual foundations of societal constitutionalism: from internal restraints on government to external restraints on drift
- Part II. Origins of the Analytical Distinctions and Conceptual Foundations: Retracing Steps Taken By Habermas, Fuller, and Parsons: 5. Societal constitutionalism's grounding against relativism: from Weber's legal positivism to Habermas' communication theory
- 6. Societal constitutionalism's threshold in practice: from Fuller's legal theory to societal constitutionalism
- 7. Societal constitutionalism's organizational manifestation, I: voluntaristic action as a distinct concept
- 8. Societal constitutionalism's organizational manifestation, II: from voluntaristic action to collegial formations
- Part III. Implications of the Analytical Distinctions and Conceptual Foundations: 9. Procedural institutionalization beyond the Western democracies: three bases of voluntaristic restraint
- 10. External restraints: prospects for reason and 'tradition'
- 11. Collegial formations as external procedural restraints: prospects for a public realm
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Name index
- Subject index.
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