Overview
- Argues that more abstract theorizing will move explanations of inter-societal dynamics forward
- Develops a theoretical synthesis based on a review of key theories on the topic
- Explains abstract and complex ideas lucidly for students and laypersons
Part of the book series: Emerging Globalities and Civilizational Perspectives (EGCP)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Professor Turner’s decades of experience writing theory books for undergraduates have ensured that this book presents abstract ideas clearly and with examples so that students can understand the arguments. This book is a must-read for all social theory researchers, academics, serious undergraduate students, graduate students, and interested laypersons.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Jonathan H. Turner is the 38th University Professor of the University of California system, Distinguished Professor of the Graduate Division of the University of California, Riverside, Research Professor of the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Director of the Institute for Theoretical Social Science, Santa Barbara. He is one of the foremost sociologists in the world and has written numerous articles, book chapters and a significant number of authored and edited volumes on introductory sociology, sociological theory, the sociology of emotions, race and ethnic relations, social change, and many other areas that have shaped the discipline of sociology as it stands today.
Anthony J. Roberts is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Colorado State University. He is a research associate at the Institute for Research on Labor & Employment at the University of California Los Angeles and faculty affiliate at the Center for Fair and Alternative Trade and the Data Science Research Institute at Colorado State University. He has published many peer-reviewed articles and several book chapters on world-systems, development, stratification, and economic inequality. This is his first book.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Inter-Societal Dynamics
Book Subtitle: Toward a General Theory
Authors: Jonathan H. Turner, Anthony J. Roberts
Series Title: Emerging Globalities and Civilizational Perspectives
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12448-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-12447-1Published: 02 March 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-12448-8Published: 01 March 2023
Series ISSN: 2731-0620
Series E-ISSN: 2731-0639
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 250
Number of Illustrations: 22 b/w illustrations
Topics: Sociological Theory, Social Theory, Globalization, Development Studies, International Relations