ISBN:
9780078111679
Language:
English
Pages:
XIX, 664 S.
,
Ill.
,
25 cm
Edition:
8. ed.
DDC:
301.01
Keywords:
Sociology
;
Sociologists Biography
;
Wissenssoziologie
;
Soziologische Theorie
;
Geschichte
Description / Table of Contents:
A historical sketch of sociological theory : the early years -- Karl Marx -- Emile Durkheim -- Max Weber -- Georg Simmel -- A historical sketch of sociological theory : the later years -- Structural functionalism, neofunctionalism, and conflict theory -- Varieties of neo-Marxian theory -- Systems theory -- Symbolic interactionism -- Ethnomethodology -- Exchange, network, and rational choice theories -- Contemporary feminist theory -- Micro-macro and agency-structure integration -- Contemporary theories of modernity -- Globalization theory -- Structuralism, poststructuralism, and postmodern social theory -- Cutting-edge developments in contemporary theory -- Appendix: Sociological metatheorizing and a metatheoretical schema for analyzing sociological theory.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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