| Description |
xiii, 327 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Explanatory logics -- Sociology, science, and applied theory -- Theoretical systems -- The refinement of theoretical systems -- Creating theory: the art of normal science -- Action theoretical orientations -- Action theoretical orientations -- Social systems and social structure -- Self interest: exchange -- Self interest: power -- Self interest: adaptation -- Relationships: social bond -- Relationships: altruism -- Auxiliary theoretical orientations -- Auxiliary logic: function -- Auxiliary logic: identity -- Theories -- Action theories of parental nurturance -- Evaluation -- The sociology of sociological theory |
| Summary |
"Constructing Social Theory discusses the nature of social theory and theoretical orientations. Organized by forty-three orientations in seven domains - exchange, power, adaptation/reinforcement, social bond, altruism, functionalism, and identity - the text includes a tutorial on how to identify an appropriate orientation and create a theory given a particular research question. Bell separates the theoretical orientation of causal logic from theory itself, illuminating the mechanisms of scientific revolutions, and the procedures of normal science, in which theories are developed using the logic of existing theoretical orientations."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-322) and index |
| Subject |
Sociology.
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| LC no. |
2008018382 |
| ISBN |
9780742564275 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0742564274 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780742564282 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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0742564282 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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