| Description |
178 pages ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Key issues in sociological theory ; 6 |
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Key issues in sociological theory ; 6
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| Contents |
1. Metatheorizing in Sociology: Explaining the Coming of Age / George Ritzer -- 2. Traditions and Competition: Preface to a Postpositivist Approach to Knowledge Cumulation / Jeffrey C. Alexander and Paul Colomy -- 3. Metatheory, Conceptual Standardization, and the Future of Sociology / Walter L. Wallace -- 4. Pathways to Metatheory: Rethinking the Presuppositions of Macrosociology / Edward A. Tiryakian -- 5. Metatheorizing Historical Rupture: Classical Theory and Modernity / Robert J. Antonio and Douglas Kellner -- 6. A Working Strategy for Constructing Theories: State Organizing Processes / Joseph Berger, David G. Wagner and Morris Zelditch, Jr. -- 7. Sociological Metatheory and Its Cultured Despisers / Charles Lemert -- 8. The Postmodern Discourse of Metatheory / Deena Weinstein and Michael A. Weinstein -- 9. Relativism and Reflexivity in the Sociology of Scientific Knowledge / Stephan Fuchs |
| Analysis |
Sociology |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
Metatheory.
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Sociology -- Methodology.
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| Author |
Ritzer, George.
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| LC no. |
91044206 |
| ISBN |
0803939906 |
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0803939914 |
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