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A Functioning Society - Community, Society, and Polity in the Twentieth Century (Paperback)
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A Functioning Society - Community, Society, and Polity in the Twentieth Century (Paperback)
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Peter F. Drucker may be best known as a writer on business and
management, but these subjects were not his foremost intellectual
concern. Drucker's primary concerns were community, in which the
individual has status, and society, in which the individual has
function. Here he has assembled selections from his vast writings
on these subjects. This collection presents the full range of
Drucker's thought on community, society, and political structure
and constitutes an ideal introduction to his ideas. The volume is
divided into seven parts. The selections in parts 1 and 2 were
mostly written during World War Two and in the wake of the Great
Depression. Part 3 deals with the limits of governmental competence
in the social and economic realm. It contains some of Drucker's
most influential writings concerned with the difference between big
government and effective government. The chapters in part 4 explore
autonomous centers of power outside government and within society.
Part 5 contains chapters from Drucker's path-breaking work on the
corporation as a social organization rather than merely an economic
one. The rise of the so-called "knowledge industries" forms the
background for part 6. The concluding part 7 is devoted entirely to
Drucker's long essay "The Next Society." Drucker examines the
emergence of new institutions and new theories arising from the
information revolution and the social changes they are helping to
bring about. In organizing these representative writings, Drucker
chose to be topical rather than chronological, with each excerpt
presenting a basic theme of his life's work. As is characteristic
of his efforts, "A Functioning Society" appeals both the general
reader as well as a cross-disciplinary scholarly readership.
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