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Sociological Theory - International Student Edition
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Sociological Theory - International Student Edition

11th Edition

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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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ISBN: 9781071841013
£152.00