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<p>How do the general and the specific, or unity and diversity, relate to social life and political practice? The essay investigates four areas of social theory that may be fruitfully explored in terms of a constitutive tension between universal and local forces: endogenous institutional change, the role of intermediary organizations in the governance of industrial relations, nation-building, and the origin of capitalist diversity.</p>
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How do the general and the specific, or unity and diversity, relate to social life and political practice? The essay investigates four areas of social theory that may be fruitfully explored in terms of a constitutive tension between universal and local forces: endogenous institutional change, the role of intermediary organizations in the governance of industrial relations, nation-building, and the origin of capitalist diversity.

Reflections on the particular and the universal: unity and diversity in social life and social theory

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How do the general and the specific, or unity and diversity, relate to social life and political practice? The essay investigates four areas of social theory...

Reflections on the particular and the universal: unity and diversity in social life and social theory

Published Online: Jun 30, 2023

Page range: 7 - 20

Received: Apr 03, 2023

Accepted: Apr 19, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14746/sr.2023.7.2.01

Keywords
social integration, institutional change, intermediary institutions, nation-building, varieties of capitalism

© 2023 Wolfgang Streeck, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Reflections on the particular and the universal: unity and diversity in social life and social theory

Published Online: Jun 30, 2023

Page range: 7 - 20

Received: Apr 03, 2023

Accepted: Apr 19, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14746/sr.2023.7.2.01

Keywordssocial integration, institutional change, intermediary institutions, nation-building, varieties of capitalism

© 2023 Wolfgang Streeck, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Keywords
social integration, institutional change, intermediary institutions, nation-building, varieties of capitalism