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Sociological Theory

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ISBN-10: 0761985573

ISBN-13: 9780761985570

Edition: 2001

Authors: Bert N. Adams, R. A. Sydie

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Description:

This concise text covers both classical and contemporary social thought. It traces the major schools of thought over the past 150 years as they appear and reappear in different chapters and looks at important new voices in social theory, including 14 female theorists. The treatment of individual theories and theorists is balanced with the development of key themes and ideas about social life, including race, class and gender.
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Book details

List price: $136.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/30/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 672
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.090
Language: English

Introduction
The European Roots of Sociological Theory
The Origins of Sociological Theory
Theorizing after the French Revolution
Conservative Theories
Evolutionism and Functionalism
Social Realism and Functionalism Extended
Radical Theory
Radical Anti-Capitalism
Marxism Extended
Sociological Theories of Complexity and Form
Social Action and Societal Complexity
The Sociology of Form and Content
Sociological Theories of Politics and Economics
Political Sociological Theories
Economic Sociological Theories
Other Voices in Sociological Theorizing
Society and Gender
Sociological Theory and Race
Society, Self and Mind
Twentieth-Century Functionalism and Beyond
Twentieth-Century Functionalism
Systems, Structuration and Modernity
Criticism, Marxism and Change
Critical Theory
The Frankfurt School and Habermas
Marxism since 1930
Socio-Cultural Change
Evolution, World Systems and Revolution
Transitions and Challenges
Mid-Twentieth-Century Sociology
Symbolic Interactionism
Rational Choice and Exchange
Feminist Sociological Theory
Knowledge, Truth and Power
Foucault's Discourse and the Feminist Response
Final Thoughts on Sociological Theorizing