Sociological theory

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Providing a concise and comprehensive introduction to both classical and contemporary social thought, this volume makes social theory and social theorists accessible and meaningful.

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Full title :Sociological theory / Bert N. Adams and R.A. Sydie.

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Providing a concise and comprehensive introduction to both classical and contemporary social thought, this volume makes social theory and social theorists accessible and meaningful.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2001.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Pine Forge Press
Place of Publication:Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language:eng
Publication Date:2001.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (1 volume (various pagings))

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ISBN:1452264511, 9781452264516, 9781452233925, 1452233926, 1506319777, 9781506319773
oclc:ocn808342265
LC Classification:HM585
Dewey Decimal:301/.01

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 Fra…

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