Industrialization as an Agent of Social Change

Herbert Blumer wrote continuously and voluminously, and consequently left a vast array of unpublished work at the time of his death in 1987

Informationen zum Autor Herbert Blumer (1900-1987), University of Missouri, A.B., M.A. (1922); University of Chicago, Ph.D. (1928). University of Chicago Department of Sociology, 1928-1952; Chairperson, Department of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley, 1952-1967 (Emeritus, 1967-86). Zusammenfassung Herbert Blumer wrote continuously and voluminously, and consequently left a vast array of unpublished work at the time of his death in 1987 Inhaltsverzeichnis On the Breadth and Relevance of Blumer's Perspective: Introduction to his Analysis of Industrialization I. INTRODUCTION 1 II. AMBIGUITY OF THE CONCEPT OF INDUSTRIALIZATION III. THE NATURE OF INDUSTRIALIZATION IV. INDUSTRIALIZATION AS AN AGENT OF SOCIAL CHANGEPRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS V. INDUSTRIALIZATION AND THE TRADITIONAL ORDER VI. INDUSTRIALIZATION AND PROBLEMS OF SOCIAL TRANSITION VII. THE NEUTRAL ROLE OF INDUSTRIALIZATION VIII. IMPLICATIONS OF THE NEUTRAL ROLE OF INDUSTRIALIZATION

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Herbert Blumer (1900-1987), University of Missouri, A.B., M.A. (1922); University of Chicago, Ph.D. (1928). University of Chicago Department of Sociology, 1928-1952; Chairperson, Department of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley, 1952-1967 (Emeritus, 1967-86).

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It places Blumer's theory in the context of contemporary macro theory, including world systems theory, resource dependence theory, and modernization theory.

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On the Breadth and Relevance of Blumer's Perspective: Introduction to his Analysis of Industrialization I. INTRODUCTION 1 II. AMBIGUITY OF THE CONCEPT OF INDUSTRIALIZATION III. THE NATURE OF INDUSTRIALIZATION IV. INDUSTRIALIZATION AS AN AGENT OF SOCIAL CHANGEPRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS V. INDUSTRIALIZATION AND THE TRADITIONAL ORDER VI. INDUSTRIALIZATION AND PROBLEMS OF SOCIAL TRANSITION VII. THE NEUTRAL ROLE OF INDUSTRIALIZATION VIII. IMPLICATIONS OF THE NEUTRAL ROLE OF INDUSTRIALIZATION