Contemporary Sociological Theory Expanding the Classical Tradition

Name: Contemporary Sociological Theory Expanding the Classical Tradition
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ISBN: 9780131850514

ISBN-10: 0131850512

ISBN-13: 9780131850514

Edition: 6th 2006

Authors: Ruth A. Wallace, Alison Wolf

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This book examines the assumptions and concepts of the five major sociological theories and the classical roots of the modern theories. It focuses specifically on functionalism, conflict theory, theories of rational choice, symbolic interactionism, and phenomenology. Focusing on writers whose work has most influenced social theory, this book explores the key concepts of each theory, the background of the major theorists, empirical applications, and everyday "lay" use of each perspective. The book also features examples of research based on actual theory, direct quotations from major theorists, and feminist contributions and critiques on each major perspective. The sixth edition of…

Book details

List price: $123.00
Edition: 6th
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 2/8/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 480
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English




The Understanding Of Society



Functionalism



Talcott Parsons: Grand Theory



Robert K. Merton: Middle-Range Theory



Neofunctionalism



Conflict Theory



Conflict Theory and the Critique of Society



Conflict Theory and Analytic Sociology: The Legacy of Max Weber



Evolution And Modernity: Macrosociological Perspectives



Karl Marx and the Classless Society



Talcott Parsons's Evolutionary Model



Jurgen Habermas: Rationalization and Communicative Action



Anthony Giddens: Structuration Theory and High Modernity



Symbolic Interactionism



George Herbert Mead: The Self



Herbert Blumer: Interpretation and Methodology



Erving Goffman: Dramaturgy and the Interaction Order



Arlie Russell Hochschild and Patricia Hill Collins: Expanding the Horizons of Symbolic Interactionism



Phenomenology



Harold Garfinkel: The Founder of Ethnomethodology



Peter Berger: The Social Construction of Reality



Dorothy E. Smith: Feminist Standpoint Theory



Theories Of Rational Choice



Rational Choice, Social Exchange, and Individual Behavior



Rational Choice and the Analysis of Social Structure



James Coleman and the Foundations of Social Theory



Rediscovering The Body: The Sociology Of The Body And Sociobiology



The Sociology of the Body



Sociobiology



Conclusion: Evaluating Sociological Theory



The Future of Sociological Theory: Modernism and Postmodernism



Social Theory and Understanding: The Value of Multiple Perspectives


Selected Bibliography


Index