Sociological Theory

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SAGE Publications, 2001. jan. 30. - 672 oldal

This concise text, covers both classical and contemporary social thought. It traces the major schools of thought over the past 150 years as they appear and reappear in different chapters and looks at important new voices in social theory. The treatment of individual theories and theorists is balanced with the development of key themes and ideas about social life.

 

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Section I The European Roots of Sociological Theory
1
Chapter 1 The Origins of Sociological Theory
3
Chapter 2 Theorizing After the Revolution
32
Section II Conservative Theories
59
Chapter 3 Evolutionism and Functionalism
61
Chapter 4 Society as Sui Generis
90
Section III Radical Theory
119
Chapter 5 Radical Anticapitalism
121
Chapter 13 Society Self and Mind
310
Section VII TwentiethCentury Functionalism and Beyond
343
Chapter 14 TwentiethCentury Functionalism
345
Chapter 15 Systems Structuration and Modernity
369
Section VIII Criticism Marxism and Change
393
Chapter 16 Critical Theory
395
Chapter 17 Marxism Since 1930
425
Evolution World System and Revolution
448

Chapter 6 Marxism Extended
145
Section IV Sociological Theories of Complexity and Form
167
Chapter 7 Social Action and Social Complexity
169
Chapter 8 The Sociology of Form and Content
197
Section V Sociological Theories of Politics and Economics
223
Chapter 9 Political Sociological Theories
225
Chapter 10 Economic Sociological Theories
245
Section VI Other Voices in Sociological Theorizing
265
Chapter 11 Society and Gender
267
Chapter 12 Sociological Theory and Race
291
Section IX Transitions and Challenges
477
Chapter 19 MidTwentiethCentury Sociology
479
Chapter 20 Symbolic Interactionism
502
Chapter 21 Rational Choice and Exchange
526
Chapter 22 Feminist Sociological Theory
544
Chapter 23 KnowledgeTruth and Power
574
Chapter 24 Final Thoughts on Sociological Theory
600
Credits
611
Index
1
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Bert N. Adams (Ph.D., University of North Carolina) is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He is a former President and currently a Fellow of the National Council on Family Relations. He has taught sociological theory extensively, both in East Africa and at the University of Wisconsin, and also teaches and writes on the sociology of the family. He is the author of several books, including the introductory textbook THE FAMILY: A SOCIOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION, 5TH EDITION (Harcourt Brace 1995) and SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY (Pine Forge Press 2001). With David M. Klein, he served as co-editor of the Understanding Families Series with Sage, which produced 20 books between 1995 and 2002. He is well connected with family sociologists throughout the world.

R. A. Sydie has been professor of sociology at the University of Alberta in Edmonton for the past 30 years and is the current chair of the department of sociology. Her research interests include sociological theory, art and culture, and gender studies. Professor Sydie is the author of Natural Women, Cultured Men. Her latest research project involves a historical examination of sociological work on love and eroticism.

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