Acknowledgments Introduction: A New Approach to Social Closure Part I: The Misguided Path or the "Theory of Social Closure" Chapter 1: A Critical Discussion of The Theory of Social Closure Chapter 2: Frank Parkin: Social Closure as Exclusion and Usurpation Chapter 3: Raymond Murphy: Rules, Structures, and Forms of Social Closure Chapter 4: Critical Shortcomings of the Theory of Social Closure Chapter 5: Going Beyond the Theory of Social Closure Part II: Basic Terms, Concepts and Methodology for Closure Theory Chapter 6: Reconsidering, Problematizing, and Introducing Critical Concepts for Closure Theory Reconsidering Max Weber's Approach Chapter 7: Max Weber's Critical Basic Terms for Theorizing Social Closure Reconsidered Chapter 8: Max Weber's Closure Analyses: Three Contexts Chapter 9: Beyond Max Weber: Towards a New Idea of Social Closure New Concepts for Closure Theory Chapter 10: "Group Action" and "Acting in Solidarity" Chapter 11: Power in Closure Analysis Chapter 12: "Life Chances/Chances of Survival": The Real Goal of Closure Struggles Chapter 13: Discussion Part III: Theorizing Social Closure Chapter 14: A New Approach to Social Closure Conceptualization Chapter 15: Three Forms of Social Closure Chapter 16: Power and Social Closure Chapter 17: A New Concept of "Life-Chances/Chances of Survival" in the Opportunity Structure Chapter 18: Reorganizing Relations of Social Closure: The Two Critical Mechanisms "Denial of Access" and "Intervention into Community Closure" Chapter 19: A New Concept of Social Closure Typology Chapter 20: A Typology of Social Closure Explanation Chapter 21: Towards an Explanation of Social Closure Chapter 22: Explaining Social Closure Chapter 23: The Explanatory Logics of Social Closure Conclusion: Social Closure and the Global Struggle for Life Chances/Chances of Survival References Index.