{"product_id":"from-joseph-bensman-robert-jackall-9780984644599","title":"From Joseph Bensman: Essays on Modern Society","description":"Joseph Bensman (1922-1986), a renowned analyst of modern institutions, professions, and culture, was Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the Graduate Center, City University of New York, and at City College of New York. \u003ci\u003eFrom Joseph Bensman: Essays on Modern Society\u003c\/i\u003e brings together some of his finest work, often done in collaboration with colleagues such as Arthur J. Vidich, Robert Lilienfeld, Bernard Rosenberg, and Israel Gerver. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the introduction to this volume, editors Robert Jackall and Duffy Graham identify Bensman's trademark habits of mind: an analytical stance, fundamentally objective and dispassionate; a vigilant awareness of the reach and vitality of bureaucracy; an ability to discern intellectual problems in superficially unremarkable phenomena; attention to empirical detail and suspicion of theoretical abstractions; and appreciation of irony and unintended consequences. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Robert Jackall is Willmott Family Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Williams College. He is the author of Moral Mazes: The World of Corporate Managers\u003cbr\u003e and Street Stories: The World of Police Detectives, among other books. Duffy Graham is the author of T\u003ci\u003ehe Consciousness of the Litigator.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Jackall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0984644598\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780984644599\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Tennessee Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 688\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.53d","brand":"Robert Jackall","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48443778236671,"sku":"9780984644599","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_09e90ad2-a1be-4766-a6ce-c260909047b1.jpg?v=1777207785","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/from-joseph-bensman-robert-jackall-9780984644599","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}