Introduction / Ruth A. Wallace -- The dissemination of feminist thought : 1960 to 1988 / Jessie Bernard -- Sociological theory : methods of writing patriarchy / Dorothy E. Smith -- Making gender visible / Joan Acker -- Psychoanalytic feminism : implications for sociological theory / Edith Kurzweil -- Feminism and the theories of Talcott Parsons / Miriam M. Johnson -- Habermas and feminism : the future of critical theory / Thomas Meisenhelder -- Gender equality : toward a theory of change / Janet Saltzman Chafetz -- Toward a feminist theory of development / Rae Lesser Blumberg -- Reflections on feminist theory / Rose Laub Coser
Summary
Leading feminist researchers consider the implications of contemporary feminism for sociological theory in this volume, which focuses on the feminist critique and re-evaluation of existing theories, new concepts and areas of research, and interdisciplinary links
Analysis
Feminism Theories
Notes
Includes papers presented at the Conference on Feminism and Sociological Theory sponsored by the Theory Section of the American Sociological Association in Atlanta, Ga., August 1988