The Asymmetric Society
Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1992. Soft cover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Near Fine. Item #010984
Soft cover. xi, 191 pp. Spine sunned, rear cover age toned, else fine. Over the past hundred years changes in the structure of modern society have created an increasing asymmetry between individual persons and the corporate bodies with which they daily interact. The rise of these new "corporate actors"--government, business corporations, trade unions, associations--and our coexistence with them as natural persons pose problems never before confronted. James Coleman explores the implications of our modern asymmetric society for decisions involving rights and risks, child rearing, and the flow of information. He examines how corporate actors come to gain their rights from natural persons; how they come to have life breathed into them; how their actions have serious economic and physical consequences for natural persons; and how reallocation of rights can be used to restrain their actions.
Price: $30.00