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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

Publié en ligne: 30 juin 2023

Pages: 7 - 20

Reçu: 03 avr. 2023

Accepté: 19 avr. 2023

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

Mots clés
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

Publié en ligne: 30 juin 2023

Pages: 7 - 20

Reçu: 03 avr. 2023

Accepté: 19 avr. 2023

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

Mots cléssocial 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.

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