Sociological theory. (2001)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Bert N. Adams and R.A. Sydie.
• Other Names: Adams, Bert N; Sydie, R. A (Rosalind Ann), 1940-
• 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;
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks, Calif : Pine Forge Press
• Publication Date: 2001
• Extent: 1 online resource (1 volume (various pagings))
• Subjects: 301/.01; Sociology; Sociology -- Textbooks; Sociology; Electronic books; Textbooks
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1452264511; 9781452264516
• Related ISBNs: 0761985573; 9780761985570; 9781452264516
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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