1. The Ideology of American Liberalism.
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SOCIOLOGISTS ,ECONOMIC structure ,CAPITALISM ,CENTRAL economic planning ,LIBERALISM - Abstract
Based on an analysis of the work of six leading sociologists, Albion Small, W.I. Thomas, Robert Park, Louis Wirth, William Ogburn and Morris Janowltz, Dennis Smith explores the interplay between the constraints and opportunities of sociology, liberalism and capitalism, the key to the work of the prominent scholars who compose the Chicago School. They considered very seriously the goals and values lauded as "the American Way" and wrestled with the inherent ambiguities of this historically grounded myth and its many implications. The intellectual and moral outlook of the Chicago sociologists within the tradition of American liberalism is examined, as well as how these views offer a critical perspective on modern American society.
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- 1989
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