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| Brief Table of Contents | |
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| The Classical Period of Sociological Theory | |
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| The Early Roots of Sociological Theory | |
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| Karl Marx | |
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| Emile Durkheim | |
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| Georg Simmel | |
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| Max Weber | |
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| Contributions from Women to Classical Social Theory | |
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| George Herbert Mead | |
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| The Contemporary Period of Sociological Theory | |
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| Structural Functionalism and Neofunctionalism | |
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| Conflict Theory | |
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| Symbolic Interactionism | |
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| Social Exchange Theory and Network Analysis | |
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| Ethnomethodology and Phenomenology | |
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| Feminist Theory | |
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| Critical Theory | |
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| Modern and Postmodern Theories | |
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| Consistent and Significant Themes in Sociological Theory | |
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| Five Centuries of Social Theory | |
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| The Classical Period of Sociological Theory | |
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| The Early Roots of Sociological Theory | |
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| Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau | |
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| The Age of Enlightenment | |
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| Revolutions | |
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| Claude-Henri Saint-Simon | |
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| Auguste Comte | |
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| Herbert Spencer | |
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| Karl Marx | |
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| Biography | |
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| Intellectual Influences | |
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| Investigation and Application of Marx's Works/Concepts and Contributions | |
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| Emile Durkheim | |
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| Biography | |
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| Intellectual Influences | |
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| Investigation and Application of Durkheim's Works | |
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| Georg Simmel | |
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| Biography | |
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| Intellectual Influences | |
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| Investigation and Application of Simmel's Concepts and Contributions | |
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| Max Weber | |
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| Biography | |
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| Intellectual Influences | |
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| Investigation and Application Of Weber's Concepts and Contributions | |
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| Contributions from Women to Classical Social Theory | |
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| Harriet Martineau | |
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| Beatrice Potter Webb | |
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| Anna Julia Cooper | |
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| Ida Wells-Barnett | |
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| Charlotte Perkins Gilman | |
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| Jane Addams | |
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| Marianne Weber | |
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| The Ladies of Seneca Falls | |
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| George Herbert Mead | |
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| Biography | |
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| Intellectual Influences | |
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| Investigation and Application of Mead's Concepts and Contributions | |
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| The Contemporary Period of Sociological Theory | |
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| Structural Functionalism and Neofunctionalism | |
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| Intellectual Roots of Structural Functionalism | |
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| Defining Structural Functionalism | |
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| Talcott Parsons | |
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| Robert Merton | |
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| Neofunctionalism | |
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| Criticisms of Structural Functionalism | |
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| The Application of Structural Functionalism to Contemporary Society | |
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| Conflict Theory | |
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| Defining Conflict Theory | |
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| The Intellectual Roots of Conflict Theory | |
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| Lewis Coser | |
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| C. Wright Mills | |
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| Ralf Dahrendorf | |
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| Randall Collins | |
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| Criticisms of Conflict Theory | |
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| Application of Conflict Theory to Contemporary Society | |
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| Symbolic Interactionism | |
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| Defining Symbolic Interactionism | |
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| The Intellectual Roots of Symbolic Interactionism | |
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| George Herbert Mead | |
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| Herbert Blumer | |
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| Erving Goffman | |
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| Arlie Russell Hochschild | |
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| Criticisms of Symbolic Interactionism | |
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| Application of Symbolic Interactionism to Contemporary Society | |
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| Social Exchange Theory and Network Analysis | |
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| Defining Social Exchange Theory | |
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| The Intellectual Roots of Social Exchange Theory | |
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| George Homans | |
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| Peter Blau | |
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| Karen Cook | |
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| Network Analysis | |
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| Criticisms of Social Exchange Theory and Network Analysis | |
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| Application of Social Exchange Theory and Network Analysis | |
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| Ethnomethodology and Phenomenology | |
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| Defining Ethnomethodology | |
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| Key Aspects of Harold Garfinkel's Ethnomethodology | |
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| Criticisms of Ethnomethodology | |
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| Application of Ethnomethodology | |
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| Defining Phenomenology | |
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| Edmund Husserl and the Phenomenological Approach | |
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| Alfred Schutz and Phenomenology | |
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| Peter Berger and the Social Construction of Reality | |
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| Criticisms of Phenomenology | |
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| Application of Phenomenology | |
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| Feminist Theory | |
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| Defining Feminism | |
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| Feminist Theory: First and Second Waves | |
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| Variations of Feminist Theory | |
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| Dorothy E. Smith | |
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| Sandra Harding | |
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| Patricia Hill Collins | |
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| Carol Gilligan | |
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| Joan Jacobs Brumberg | |
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| Barbara Risman | |
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| The Application of Feminist Theory and The Third Wave of Feminism | |
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| Criticisms of Feminism | |
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| Critical Theory | |
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| Defining Critical Theory | |
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| The Roots of Critical Theory | |
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| Herbert Marcuse | |
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| Jurgen Habermas | |
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| Douglas Kellner | |
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| Criticisms of Critical Theory | |
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| Application of Critical Theory to Contemporary Society | |
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| Modern and Postmodern Theories | |
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| Defining Postmodern Theory | |
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| The Roots of Postmodern Theory | |
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| Jacques Derrida | |
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| David Riesman | |
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| Jean-Francois Lyotard | |
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| Jean Baudrillard | |
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| Fredric Jameson | |
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| Michael Foucault | |
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| Criticisms of Postmodern Theory | |
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| Application of Postmodern Theory to Contemporary Society | |
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| Consistent and Significant Themes in Sociological Theory | |
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| Five Centuries of Social Theory | |
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| Major Themes in Sociological Thought | |
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| Parting Thoughts and Discussion Questions | |