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Sciulli argues that the existing conceptual frameworks of political and social theory restrict both theorists and empirical researchers to a narrow definition of authoritarianism. This 1992 book focuses on government structure and fails to take account of forms of social control exercised outside the governmental sphere. Rather than define authoritarianism primarily by contrast to liberal democracy, Sciulli argues, we need to broaden our conception of authoritarianism to include 'social authoritarianism', referring to social control imposed by private organizations and institutions. Sciulli develops an alternative conceptual framework, which he calls the theory of societal constitutionalism. He explains how the theory can be used to assess whether social order in a society, whether democratic or authoritarian in political rule, is characterized by some degree of social authoritarianism. The book will be important reading for theorists in sociology, political science and legal studies.

Sociological theories --- Authoritarianism --- Autoritair systeem --- Autoritarisme --- Contrôle social --- Mass political behavior --- Political behavior --- Political science--Sociological aspects --- Political sociology --- Politieke sociologie --- Social control --- Sociale controle --- Sociologie [Politieke ] --- Sociologie politique --- Political sociology. --- Social control. --- Authoritarianism. --- 316.46 --- 321.64 --- #SBIB:316.21H21 --- #SBIB:022.TOND --- Political science --- Sociology --- Authority --- Social conflict --- Liberty --- Pressure groups --- Gezag. Leiderschap. Macht --- Autoritair regime. Nationalistische bewegingen. Moderne dictatuur --- Theoretische sociologie: kritische theorie en de Frankfurter Schule --- Sociological aspects --- 321.64 Autoritair regime. Nationalistische bewegingen. Moderne dictatuur --- 316.46 Gezag. Leiderschap. Macht --- Contrôle social --- Social Sciences

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Professions are central to any political sociology of major associations, organizations and venues in civil society underpinning democracy; they are not a subset of livelihoods in a mundane sociology of work and occupations. Professions in Civil Society and the State is at once elegant and startling in its directness and the sheer scope of its implications for future comparative research and theory. Not since Talcott Parsons during the early 1970's has any sociologist (or political scientist) pursued this line of inquiry. Sciulli’s theoretical approach differs fundamentally from Parsons’ and rests on a breadth of historical and cross-national support that always eluded him. The sociology of professions has come full circle, leaving behind Parsons, his critics, and two generations of received wisdom.

Professions --- Career patterns --- Careers --- Jobs --- Professional services --- Occupations --- Interprofessional relations --- Vocational guidance --- Sociology of professions --- Sociology --- Sociological aspects. --- Social aspects.

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This original book looks methodically at corporate law, corporate governance, and judicial practice from the perspective of social theory. Sciulli explores whether there are identifiable limits—legal or normative—to corporate power in any democratic society; when the corporate judiciary in the U.S. maintains those limits, despite the pressures of intensifying global economic competition; and when the judiciary drifts, as an institution, away from bearing this responsibility. Assessing both the promise and the limits of the new, institutional approach to the sociology of organizations, Sciulli considers the influence of England's Chancery Courts in the U.S., especially with regard to private power in civil society. His study, moving from the eighteenth century to the present, provides a comprehensive analysis of corporate power and judicial restraints.

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory.

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Issues covered in this volume include: freedom of societies; the privatisation of belief; ethnicity, and globalisation; East-West relations; and institutional rehabilitation.

Sociology - Congresses. --- Sociology --- Social structure --- Nation-state --- Social Change --- Sociology & Social History --- Social Sciences --- National state