Identities, Boundaries and Social Ties

Offering a distinctive, coherent account of social processes and individuals' connections to their larger social and political worlds, this book demonstrates the connections between inequality and de-democratization, between identities and social inequality, and between citizenship and identities.

Zusatztext "The book's 16 essays gather! systematize! and present Tilly's most salient ideas in one handy location. They contain major schemas about political processes! especially how these processes link to establishing! maintaining! and crossing boundaries."-Barry Wellman in American Journal of Sociology"A compelling examination of central problems in social organization and comparative politics....Ideal for introducing the arguments of some of Tilly's books to students in brief! accessible form."-Paul DiMaggio in Contemporary Sociology Informationen zum Autor Authored by Tilly, Charles Klappentext Identities, Boundaries and Social Ties offers a distinctive, coherent account of social processes and individuals' connections to their larger social and political worlds. It is novel in demonstrating the connections between inequality and de-democratization, between identities and social inequality, and between citizenship and identities. The book treats interpersonal transactions as the basic elements of larger social processes. Tilly shows how personal interactions compound into identities, create and transform social boundaries, and accumulate into durable social ties. He also shows how individual and group dispositions result from interpersonal transactions. Resisting the focus on deliberated individual action, the book repeatedly gives attention to incremental effects, indirect effects, environmental effects, feedback, mistakes, repairs, and unanticipated consequences. Social life is complicated. But, the book shows, it becomes comprehensible once you know how to look at it. Zusammenfassung Offering a distinctive, coherent account of social processes and individuals' connections to their larger social and political worlds, this book demonstrates the connections between inequality and de-democratization, between identities and social inequality, and between citizenship and identities. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I Introduction; Chapter 1 Ties That Bind and Bound; Part II Relational Mechanisms; Chapter 2 Violent Conflict, Social Ties, and Explanations of Social Processes; Chapter 3 Mechanisms in Political Processes; Chapter 4 Do Unto Others; Part III Inequality; Chapter 5 Durable Inequality; Chapter 6 Relational Origins of Inequality; Chapter 7 Changing Forms of Inequality; Chapter 8 Unequal Knowledge; Part IV Boundaries; Chapter 9 Social Boundary Mechanisms; Chapter 10 Chain Migration and Opportunity Hoarding; Chapter 11 Boundaries, Citizenship, and Exclusion; partV Political Boundaries; Chapter 12 Why Worry About Citizenship?; Chapter 13 Inequality, Democratization, and De-Democratization; Chapter 14 Political Identities in Changing Polities; Chapter 15 Invention, Diffusion, and Transformation of the Social Movement Repertoire;...

The book's 16 essays gather, systematize, and present Tilly's most salient ideas in one handy location. They contain major schemas about political processes, especially how these processes link to establishing, maintaining, and crossing boundaries. Barry Wellman in American Journal of Sociology "A compelling examination of central problems in social organization and comparative politics....Ideal for introducing the arguments of some of Tilly's books to students in brief, accessible form." Paul DiMaggio in Contemporary Sociology

Autorentext

Authored by Tilly, Charles

Klappentext

Identities, Boundaries and Social Ties offers a distinctive, coherent account of social processes and individuals' connections to their larger social and political worlds. It is novel in demonstrating the connections between inequality and de-democratization, between identities and social inequality, and between citizenship and identities. The book treats interpersonal transactions as the basic elements of larger social processes. Tilly shows how personal interactions compound into identities, create and transform social boundaries, and accumulate into durable social ties. He also shows how individual and group dispositions result from interpersonal transactions. Resisting the focus on deliberated individual action, the book repeatedly gives attention to incremental effects, indirect effects, environmental effects, feedback, mistakes, repairs, and unanticipated consequences. Social life is complicated. But, the book shows, it becomes comprehensible once you know how to look at it.

Zusammenfassung
Offering a distinctive, coherent account of social processes and individuals' connections to their larger social and political worlds, this book demonstrates the connections between inequality and de-democratization, between identities and social inequality, and between citizenship and identities.

Inhalt
Part I Introduction; Chapter 1 Ties That Bind and Bound; Part II Relational Mechanisms; Chapter 2 Violent Conflict, Social Ties, and Explanations of Social Processes; Chapter 3 Mechanisms in Political Processes; Chapter 4 Do Unto Others; Part III Inequality; Chapter 5 Durable Inequality; Chapter 6 Relational Origins of Inequality; Chapter 7 Changing Forms of Inequality; Chapter 8 Unequal Knowledge; Part IV Boundaries; Chapter 9 Social Boundary Mechanisms; Chapter 10 Chain Migration and Opportunity Hoarding; Chapter 11 Boundaries, Citizenship, and Exclusion; partV Political Boundaries; Chapter 12 Why Worry About Citizenship?; Chapter 13 Inequality, Democratization, and De-Democratization; Chapter 14 Political Identities in Changing Polities; Chapter 15 Invention, Diffusion, and Transformation of the Social Movement Repertoire;