Making Sense of Social Theory A Practical Introduction

Name: Making Sense of Social Theory A Practical Introduction
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ISBN: 9780742530478

ISBN-10: 0742530477

ISBN-13: 9780742530478

Edition: 2004

Authors: Charles H. Powers

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This introductory text offers an overview of sociological theory, stressing the view that sociology's core theories & sociological research are symbiotic.

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/9/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments



Understanding What Theory Is About



Embracing the Subject: Becoming a Better Social Scientist by Learning More about Sociological Theory



Axioms and Principles: Theory Is Not as Hard as It Sounds!



Sociological Theory and the Scientific Method: Science Is Supposed to Test and Ultimately Transform Theory



Sociology's Most Prominent Founding Figures



The Historical Context for a Science of Society: A Healthy Regard for the High Cost of Chaos



Emile Durkheim and the Birth of Scientific Sociology



Markets versus Other Forms of Organization: The Intellectual Backdrop of Early Sociology



Karl Marx and the Organization of Resistance from Below: Recognizing the Opposing Interests of Different Groups



Max Weber and the Primacy of Values: Moving Past Economic Determinism



Agency in the Work of George Herbert Mead: Individuals Working Together to Produce Social Reality



Chicago Community Studies and the Birth of Urban Ethnography



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



Talcott Parsons and Structural-Functionalism Made Easy: Systems Change When Needs Are Not Met



Conflict Theory: Always Ask Who Benefits



Symbolic Interactionism in Everyday Life: People Make a Difference



Exchange Theory in the Background: Everyone Has Motives



Taking Stock of Sociological Theory - A Recap



Sociology as a Coherent Discipline Rather Than an Incoherent Discipline: Keeping the Whole Forest in View


Postscript


Invitation to Further Dialogue


Compendium of Axioms: Twelve Commonly Made Assumptions Helping Us to Make Predictions


Compendium of Principles: Eighteen Testable Laws for Sociology


Quiz Answers


Index


About the Author