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Sociological Theory - International Student Edition
11th Edition
- George Ritzer - University of Maryland, USA
- Jeffrey Stepnisky - MacEwan University, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Sociology (General)
Sociology (General)
March 2021 | 832 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
Sociological Theory gives readers a comprehensive overview of the major theorists and schools of sociological thought, from sociology's 19th century origins through to the early 21st century. Written by an author team that includes one of the leading contemporary thinkers, the text integrates key theories with biographical sketches of theorists, placing them in historical and intellectual context.
PART I INTRODUCTION TO CLASSICAL SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY
Chapter 1 A Historical Sketch of Sociological Theory: The Early Years
Chapter 2 Karl Marx
Chapter 3 Emile Durkheim
Chapter 4 Max Weber
Chapter 5 Georg Simmel
PART II MODERN SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY: THE MAJOR SCHOOLS
Chapter 6 A Historical Sketch of Sociological Theory: The Later Years
Chapter 7 Structural Functionalism, Systems Theory, and Conflict Theory
Chapter 8 Varieties of Neo-Marxian Theory
Chapter 9 Symbolic Interactionism
Chapter 10 Ethnomethodology
Chapter 11 Exchange, Network, and Rational Choice Theories
Chapter 12 Contemporary Feminist Theory (by Patricia Madoo Lengermann and Gillian Niebrugge)
Chapter 13 Micro-Macro and Agency-Structure Integration
PART III FROM MODERN TO POSTMODERN SOCIAL THEORY (AND BEYOND)
Chapter 14 Contemporary Theories of Modernity
Chapter 15 Structuralism, Poststructuralism, and Postmodern Social Theory
Chapter 16 Theories of Race and Colonialism
Chapter 17 Globalization Theory
Chapter 18 Science, Technology, and Nature
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