Change in Societal Institutions
In the second half of the twentieth century, a number of researchers have conceptualized modern society as a social system composed of differenti ated yet interrelated institutional spheres. Commonly identified institu tional spheres are the family, religion, the economy, the polity or state, medi...
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New York, NY
Springer US
1990, 1990
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Table of Contents:
- Convergence of Mass Media and Public Opinion
- Emergence of an Institution
- New Mass Media
- Conflict with Other Institutions
- Conflict with the Family
- Conflict with Education
- Conflict with Religion
- Conflict with the Polity
- The New Institutional Paradigm
- Summary
- References
- 11. Things Fall Apart: Americans and Their Political Institutions, 1960–1988
- Decline of Political Participation
- Decline of Political Parties
- Decline of Traditional Forms of Political Consciousness
- Conclusion
- References
- 12. Institutional Analysis: An Organizational Approach
- Early Conceptions
- Introductory Textbooks
- Critique of Institutional Theory
- Organizational Institutional Analysis
- The Structure of Institutional Complexes.-Conclusions
- References
- 1. The Decline of Occupations: Redefining the Labor Force
- Occupation and a New Workplace Revolution
- The Traditional Significance of Occupations
- Recent Labor Force Developments
- The Declining Significance of Occupation
- Conclusion
- References
- 2. Women, Work, and Family: Changing Gender Roles and Psychological Well-Being
- Employment and Marriage
- Employment and Children
- Women’s Work
- Conclusion
- References
- 3. Gender and the Structural Transformation of the Legal Profession in the United States and Canada
- The Demographics of Professional Growth in the United States and Canada
- The Segmentation and Stratification of Legal Practice
- Partnership, Profit, and Pleasure in Practice
- Power in Practice
- Lawyers’ Lives and the Structural Transformation of Legal Practice
- References
- 4. The Changing Composition of Schools: Implications for School Organization
- Changes in the Makeup of Schools
- Effective Schools Research
- 7. Contradiction and Change in Organized Religion: Roman Catholicism in the United States and Spain
- Organizational Demography and the Catholic Church
- Population Change and the Demographic Transition
- Data and Methods
- Analysis
- Discussion
- References
- 8. The “Unmaking” of a Movement? The Crisis of US. Trade Unions in Comparative Perspective
- Unionization before and during the Decline
- Theoretical Explanations of the Decline
- Analyzing the Decline
- “Explaining” the US. Density Reduction
- Conclusion and Implications
- Data Appendix
- References
- 9. Medicine, the Medical Profession, and the Welfare State
- Medicine’s Professional Project
- Medicine and the Welfare State
- Costs and Controls
- The Rise of Bioethics
- Professions and Proprietors
- The Limits of Professionalism
- References
- 10. Mass Media and Public Opinion: Emergence of an Institution
- Mass Society Revisited
- The Emergence of a Public Opinion
- The Organization of American Schools
- On the Significance of Social Ties
- On Networks and Learning
- Networks and Culture
- The Tasks Ahead
- References
- 5. Single Parents and the Schools: Effects of Marital Status on Parent and Teacher Interactions
- Theoretical Perspectives
- Sample, Variables, and Approaches
- Results: Parents’ Reports of Teachers’ Practices of Parent Involvement
- Teachers’ Reports of Single and Married Parents’ Helpfulness and Followthrough
- Parents’ Awareness, Knowledge, and Evaluations of Teachers
- Other Reports about School from Single and Married Parents
- Summary and Discussion
- References
- 6. The Changing Contours of the Teaching Profession
- Trends in Attrition
- Attrition Rates in the National Longitudinal Study
- Who Left Teaching and Who Wants to Return?
- Teacher Attrition andTeacher Qualifications
- Schools and Patterns of Attrition among Teachers
- Conclusions
- References