The Shaping of Social Organization

• Actors, Social Action, and Systems - PART ONE: SOCIAL RULE SYSTEM THEORYSocial Rule System TheoryThe Organization of Social Action and Social FormsActors, Rule Systems, and Social StructureRule Systems, Organization of Society, and Social PowerConsensus and Conflict in Social LifeGrammers of Social Institutions and the Structuring of Spheres of Social ActionThe Structuration of Markets and Other Distributional Regimes - PART TWO: MARKETS AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING SYSTEMSMarket Organization and Performance PropertiesCollective Bargaining Regimes and Their TransformationMultiple Rule Systems; Formal and Informal Social Organization - PART THREE: BUREAUCRACY AND FORMAL ORGANIZATIONSLocal Public Administration as an Arena of Conflicting Rule SystemsHydro-Power Administration in a Changing WorldIndustrialism, Environmentalism, and Center-Periphery Struggle in NorwayTechnology and Technique, Social Action, and Rule Systems - PART FOUR: EXPERTISE, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONA Modern Oracle and PoliticsStudies in Energy ForecastingScience and Practical ActionThe Study of Competing LogicsConclusionPrinciples of Social Organization in the Structuration of Modern Western Societies

"A book of extraordinary scope" - Amitai Etzioni"Every topic...in this book turns into sociological gold." - Hans Zetterberg