Daniel Bell (Paperback)

In Daniel Bell Malcolm Waters provides a throughly comprehensive and clear exposition of Bell's work and contribution to social theory. Waters opens with an illuminating discussion of Bell's biography, his intellectual interests and associates, political affiliations and value commitments. Bell's conceptual and theoretical innovation is analysed and situated in relation to other theoretical tendencies within the field of sociological inquiry. Waters then follows Bell's intellectual trajectory from an esrly engagement with the questions of work, the labour movement and American capitalism, through to more detailed discussions of his politics, transformations in and of social structure and the problems of postmodern culture. The author concludes with an attempt to situate Bell, to place him within the sociological tradition and to determine his legacy. Throughout the discussion is well documented and carefully measured, Bell's arguments are presented clearly and fairly, as are the problems with his work. A timely and much needed account of a key, albeit highly controversial, contemporary sociological figure.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Key Sociologists
Release date:	December 1995
First published:	1996
Authors:	Malcolm Waters
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	200
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-10578-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > General Promotions
LSN:	0-415-10578-1
Barcode:	9780415105781

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