Reorganization and Stabilization: Social Mechanisms in Émile Durkheim’s Professional Ethics and Civic Morals: A Contribution to the Explanation of Social Processes

Journal of Classical Sociology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 311-336

  Mackert, Jürgen ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

causal explanation; citizenship; civil society; democracy; Durkheim; individualism

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247649152     PISSN: 1468795X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468795X04046970     Document Type: Article

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