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Brief Table of Contents | |
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Full 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 | |