Background
Etzioni, Amitai was born on January 4, 1929 in Cologne, Germany. Son of Willi Falk and Gertrude Hannauer (Falk) Etzioni.
(Author Bio Amitai Etzioni, University Professor at George...)
Author Bio Amitai Etzioni, University Professor at George Washington University and Visiting Professor at the Harvard Business School, 1987-89, is the author of numerous books, including The Active Society.
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(The New Golden Rule: Community and Morality in a Democrat...)
The New Golden Rule: Community and Morality in a Democratic Society by Amitai Etzioni. Basic Books,1998
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This work is a quality analysis of the problems posed by Political Action Committees in American life. As the author notes in his new introduction: āPolitical corruption, as measured by campaign contributions of special interests to elected officials, increased significantly in the few years since the first publication of Capital Corruption. The number of PACs rose from 2,551 in 1980 to 4,175 by 1986. The percentage of PAC contribution of total campaign costs increased from 31.4 percent in 1980 to 41.9 percent (House) and 24.5 percent to 27.0 percent (Senate) in 1986.ā Such data only begin to tell the story of a book which has grown in stature during the decade. Etzioni characterizes Washington as a marketplace where deals are struck, where a special interest group can buy single pieces of legislation or long-run commitments or a whole slew of legislation. Because such purchases are not direct, but elliptical, they fall within the legal system, but for Etzioni, they are beyond the pale of moral or political worthiness. The book provides policy answers to vexing political dilemmas of mass politics today. The volume has been described as āa devastating indictment of our present system of financing electionsā (John Anderson); Etzioni has been called āarguably the best political sociologist writing todayā (Warren Bennis); and the founder of Common Cause has termed this āa powerful and important book. If it is widely read and understood the nation will benefitā (John Gardner).
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How Patriotic is the Patriot Act?: Freedom Versus Security in the Age of Terrorism (Hardback) - Common Hardcover Jan 01, 2004 By (author) Amitai Etzioni ... B00FDV7HZM
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One of the world's leading sociologists and most quoted intellectuals in America today, Amitai Etzioni has been the subject of numerous profiles in all the major media and has worked both with members of the Clinton Administration and Republican senators on social issues and policy. Now, in this important new book, he invites us to explore how a good society should operate and what values we must bring to our social interactions if we are to achieve stronger and more enduring community ties.As Etzioni has found in his years devoted to researching and studying the subject, the problem facing society today is that half the population is wary of order and morality, while the other half is suspicious of liberty, which is equated with permissiveness. In an in-depth analysis that masterfully cuts this Gordian knot, the author lays out how we can, indeed must, have both order and autonomy if we are to create a society in which communities and individuals can thrive. Recognizing that excessive morality and excessive liberty are each a dire threat to the health of society, Etzioni demonstrates how we have overreacted in recent years by assuming that there must be a tradeoff between morality and freedom. However, this need not be the case, because when order is largely based on moral commitments rather than on the law, and autonomy is regarded as a place in a social space, these two social virtues can reinforce each other.Using this framework, Etzioni studies the implications for the future of diversity in America, the implications for educating the next generation, and our relationships with other societies. He also explores the public policy implications of his observations and how governments, community groups and families can respond and grow.
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The last eight years have seen the ascendancy of the political center in American politics.While applauding this move away from the extremes of both left and right, Amitai Etzioni argues that we still lack a clearly articulated political agenda for the next decade. With both presidential candidates staking their claim to the hallowed buy hollow center, the major parties are failing to address in any meaningful way our pressing domestic issues, including gun control, comprehensive health care, and poverty. Equal parts diagnosis and manifesto, Next issues a bracing call for greater political and community involvement. Arguing that our world-leading economy offers more opportunities that ever to end scarcity and break out of the cycle of materialism, Etzioni reacquaints the reader with the social, cultural, and spiritual values that must guide our approach to public policy questions. Making a strong case for the need for a "moderate counterculture" to temper the excesses of our stock market-obsessed society, Etzioni outlines a novel domestic agenda for tackling the principal challenges facing us in the decade to come.
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Whether one favors the U.S. global projection of force or is horrified by it, the question stands - where do we go from here? What ought to be the new global architecture? Amitai Etzioni follows a third way, drawing on both neoconservative and liberal ideas, in this bold new look at international relations. He argues that a "clash of civilizations" can be avoided and that the new world order need not look like America. Eastern values, including spirituality and moderate Islam, have a legitimate place in the evolving global public philosophy. Nation-states, Etzioni argues, can no longer attend to rising transnational problems, from SARS to trade in sex slaves to cybercrime. Global civil society does help, but without some kind of global authority, transnational problems will overwhelm us. The building blocks of this new order can be found in the war against terrorism, multilateral attempts at deproliferation, humanitarian interventions and new supranational institutions (e.g., the governance of the Internet). Basic safety, human rights, and global social issues, such as environmental protection, are best solved cooperatively, and Etzioni explores ways of creating global authorities robust enough to handle these issues as he outlines the journey from "empire to community."
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A regular guest on "The MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour" and NPR, Etzioni explores the rapidly growing grass-roots political movement that calls for a new balance between individual rights and social responsibilty. "Shows us . . . how a philosophy based on shared values and mutual understanding can restore our nation's promise and moral leadership."--Sen. Bill Bradley.
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( This volume analyzes the concept of modern organization...)
This volume analyzes the concept of modern organizations with special reference to its role in the development, functioning, and change of larger social systems.
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(Constructs a model of social and political change based o...)
Constructs a model of social and political change based on a theory of macro-action, through which post-modern society is transformed into a sustained and controlled social movement
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( In this short book, Etzioni, the well-known and respect...)
In this short book, Etzioni, the well-known and respected public intellectual and communitarian thinker, charts a middle course, or third way 'between those who are committed to shore up our liberties but blind to the needs of public security, as well as those who never met a right they are not willing to curtail to give authorities an even freer hand.' This book will prove a useful guide for citizens looking for a thought provoking, well-reasoned and sober analysis of one of the hot button issues of our time.
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Etzioni, Amitai was born on January 4, 1929 in Cologne, Germany. Son of Willi Falk and Gertrude Hannauer (Falk) Etzioni.
Bachelor, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1954. Master of Arts, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology, University California, Berkeley, 1958.
Doctor of Letters (honorary), Rider College, 1980. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Governor's State University, 1987. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Utah, 1991.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Colorado College, 1994. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Connecticut College, 1994.
Member of faculty, Columbia University, 1958-1980;
research associate, Institute War and Peace Studies, 1961;
professor sociology, Institute War and Peace Studies, 1967;
department chairman, Institute War and Peace Studies, 1969-1978;
director, Center for Policy Research, since 1968;
guest scholar, Brookings Institution, 1978-1979;
senior advisor, White House, 1979-1980;
university professor, George Washington University, Washington, since 1980;
director Institute for Communitarian Policy Studies, George Washington University, Washington, since 1995;
Thomas Henry Carroll Ford Foundation visiting professor, graduate school business, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1987-1989. Board directors Center for Policy Research, Washington. Member Economics Forum The Conference Board, 1983-1985.
Founder Center for Comm. Policy Studies, George Washington University, since 1995. Director, founder Institute Communitarian Policy Studies, 1995.
Developed organizational analysis, a typology based on means used to control participants in organizations, how organizations change, survive and areintegrated into larger social units.
( In this short book, Etzioni, the well-known and respect...)
( One of the world's leading sociologists and most quoted...)
(A regular guest on "The MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour" and NPR...)
(Author Bio Amitai Etzioni, University Professor at George...)
(Constructs a model of social and political change based o...)
( This volume analyzes the concept of modern organization...)
(How Patriotic is the Patriot Act?: Freedom Versus Securit...)
( This work is a quality analysis of the problems posed b...)
( The last eight years have seen the ascendancy of the po...)
(The New Golden Rule: Community and Morality in a Democrat...)
(New rcopy -First Harper-Colophon Book/CN428, 1975. Mild s...)
(Community and Morality in a Democratic Society)
(United States Economic Policy)
( Whether one favors the U.S. global projection of force ...)
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(Capital Corruption. An Assault on American Democracy.)
With Israeli Army. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Sociological Association (president 1995), Society for the Advancement Socio-Economics (founder 1989), The Communitarian Network (founder 1993), Institute Medicine.
Married Minerva Morales, September 14, 1965 (deceased December 20, 1985). Children: Ethan, Oren, Michael (deceased), David, Benjamin. Married Patricia Kellogg, November 6, 1992.