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1. Mastering Ambivalence: Neil Smelser as a Sociologist of SynthesisJeffrey C. Alexander, Gary T. Marx, and Christine L. Williams PART I: SELFIntroduction: Christine L. Williams 2. The Sociological Eye and thePsychoanalytic Ear: Nancy J. Chodorow 3. The Commodity Frontier: ArlieRussell Hochschild 4. The Glass Cage: Flexible Work, Fragmented Consumption,Fragile Selves Yiannis Gabriel PART II: SOCIAL STRUCTURE Introduction: GaryT. Marx 5. Rational Choice and Sociology: Alberto Martinelli 6. EnlistingSmelser's Theory of Ambivalence to Maintain Progress in Sociology ofReligion's New Paradigm: R. Stephen Warner 7. Circuits of Commerce: VivianaA. Zelizer 8. Trust as an Aspect of Social Structure: Robert Wuthnow 9. TheOrganizational Foundations of University Capability: Differentiation andCompetition in the Academic Sector of Society Burton R. Clark PART III:BELIEFS Introduction: Jeffrey C. Alexander 10. Primordial Beliefs andImmigration Policy: The Case of Britain's Patrials Christian Joppke 11.Causal Reasoning, Historical Logic, and Sociological Explanation: LynSpillman 12. Intellectual Cycles of Social Movement Research: FromPsychoanalysis to Culture? James M. Jasper 13. Shaping SociologicalImagination: The Importance of Theory Piotr Sztompka List of ContributorsIndex