The Anthem Companion to Philip Selznick

Philip Selznick (1919-2010) was a preeminent sociologist of his time. He is widely recognized for his major contributions to a number of fields, including general sociology, sociology of organizations, industrial sociology, sociology of law and moral sociology. He was a professor of sociology (and later a professor of law and sociology) at the University of California, Berkeley, from 1952 until his retirement in 1984. He founded the Center for the Study of Law and Society (in 1961) and the Jurisprudence and Social Policy Program (in 1978) at UC Berkeley. The Law and Society Center and the JSP Program are still thriving and have, over the years, brought legions of students and scholars from all over the world to Berkeley.

The Anthem Companion to Philip Selznick is a collection of essays by renowned authors on the preeminent sociologist.

The Anthem Companion to Philip Selznick is a collection of essays by renowned authors on the preeminent sociologist, Philip Selznick (1919-2010). He is widely recognized for his major contributions to a number of fields, including general sociology, sociology of organizations, industrial sociology, sociology of law and moral sociology. The contributions in the book cross disciplinary boundaries, bridge disciplinary divides, and display an awareness of and respect for Selznick's humanist sensibility. Selznick would have felt very comfortable in this company. In that sense, all the chapters of The Anthem Companion to Philip Selznick are true companions to Selznick's sociology.