• ISBN13: 9781071802205
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: Sociology and Anthropology
• Publisher: Sage Publications
• Publisher Imprint: Sage Publications
• Publication Date: October 16, 2022
• Pages: 440
• Original Price: USD 142.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 750 grams

Organizations and Society examines the costs and consequences of social life that is dominated by rational control characteristic of bureaucratic organizations large and small. Students of all interests-those who wish to run organizations someday, study them, or simply understand their importance in the contemporary social order-will benefit from the insights of this text.

Joseph H. Spear is Associate Professor of Sociology at James Madison University. His research interests are complex organizations, sociology of science and technology, and sociological theory. He regularly teaches his department’s undergraduate sociology or organizations course, as well as courses on environmental sociology, sociology of science and technology, and the development of sociological theory.