Making Sense of Social Theory

Name: Making Sense of Social Theory
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ISBN: 9781442201194

ISBN-10: 1442201193

ISBN-13: 9781442201194

Edition: 2nd 2010

Authors: Charles H. Powers

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Making Sense of Social Theory is unusual in treating sociology as a real science with a body of understandable, robust, and powerful theoretical insights. These theoretical insights are formalized in twelve simple axioms and twenty-three more detailed principles readers can use to predict (1) differences among people in how they think, feel, and respond, (b) changes in the structure, culture, and effectiveness of organizations, and (c) trends in societal values, conflict, and priorities.

Book details

List price: $56.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/16/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 294
Size: 6.06" wide x 9.19" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments



Understanding What Theory Is About



Becoming a Better Social Scientist



Theory Is Not as Hard as It Sounds!



Sociological Theory and the Scientific Method



Thinking about the Roots, Methods, and Uses of Sociological Theory



The Historical Context for a Science of Society



Being Conscious about Theory Construction



Economics Was Not Enough



Sociology's Most Prominent Founding Figures: Durkheim, Marx, Weber, and Mead



ï¿½mile Durkheim on Scientific Study of Social Facts



Karl Marx on Resistance from Below



Max Weber on Primacy of Values



George Herbert Mead on Individual Agency



Making Sense of Sociology's Theoretical Paradigms: Grasping the Basics



Structural Functionalism on Systemic Efforts to Adapt



Conflict Theory on Battles over Benefits



Symbolic Interactionism on Fluid Meaning and Action



Exchange Theory on What People Get from Others



Taking Stock of Sociological Theory: A Recap



From Metatheory to Theory in Sociology: A Compendium of Axioms and Principles



Sociology as a Coherent Discipline: Unifying Themes



Writing for Impact in the Social Sciences: Some Practical Remarks for Students


Postscript


Invitation to Further Dialogue


Notes


Quiz Answers


Index


About the Author