| Description |
1 online resource (1 volume (various pagings)) |
| Contents |
Introduction; PART ONE: THE EUROPEAN ROOTS OF SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY; The Origins of Sociological Theory; Theorizing after the French Revolution -- Saint-Simon, Comte and Martineau; PART TWO: CONSERVATIVE THEORIES; Evolutionism and Functionalism -- Spencer and Sumner; Social Realism and Functionalism Extended -- Durkheim; PART THREE: RADICAL THEORY; Radical Anti-Capitalism -- Marx and Engels; Marxism Extended -- Lenin and Luxemburg; PART FOUR: SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES OF COMPLEXITY AND FORM; Social Action and Societal Complexity -- Max Weber and Marianne Weber; The Sociology of Form and Content -- Simmel; PART FIVE: SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES OF POLITICS AND ECONOMICS; Political Sociological Theories -- Pareto and Michels; Economic Sociological Theories -- Veblen and Schumpeter; PART SIX: OTHER VOICES IN SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIZING; Society and Gender -- Gilman and Webb; Sociological Theory and Race -- Du Bois; Society, Self and Mind -- Cooley, Mead and Freud; PART SEVEN: TWENTIETH-CENTURY FUNCTIONALISM AND BEYOND; Twentieth-Century Functionalism -- Parsons and Merton; Systems, Structuration and Modernity -- Luhmann and Giddens; PART EIGHT: CRITICISM, MARXISM AND CHANGE; Critical Theory; The Frankfurt School and Habermas; Marxism since 1930; Socio-Cultural Change; Evolution, World Systems and Revolution; PART NINE: TRANSITIONS AND CHALLENGES; Mid-Twentieth-Century Sociology; Symbolic Interactionism -- Blumer, Goffman and Hochschild; Rational Choice and Exchange -- Coleman; Feminist Sociological Theory -- Smith and Collins; Knowledge, Truth and Power; Foucault's Discourse and the Feminist Response; Final Thoughts on Sociological Theorizing; |
| Summary |
Providing a concise and comprehensive introduction to both classical and contemporary social thought, this volume makes social theory and social theorists accessible and meaningful |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Sociology.
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Sociology -- Textbooks
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Sociology -- Philosophy.
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Sociology
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sociology.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.
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Sociology -- Philosophy
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Sociology
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Sociologie.
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Theorieën.
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| Genre/Form |
Textbooks
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Sydie, R. A. (Rosalind Ann), 1940-
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| LC no. |
00012704 |
| ISBN |
1452264511 |
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9781452264516 |
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9781452233925 |
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1452233926 |
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1506319777 |
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9781506319773 |
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