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9780131042667

Readings in Contemporary Sociological Theory From Modernity to Post-Modernity

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    9780131042667

  • ISBN10:

    0131042661

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2020-02-19
  • Publisher: Pearson

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This accessible guide to the maze of modern sociological theory features a collection of 39 essays written by prominent American and European theorists representing the last fifty years of sociological work.

Table of Contents

Functionalism And Neofunctionalism
On the Concept of Function in Social Science
Prevailing Postulates in Functional Analysis
The Concept of "Social System" as a Theoretical Device
The World Society as a Social System
Recent Developments in the Functionalist Approach to Change
Is "Neofunctionalism" Really Functional?
Conflict Theory
Time and Space in Social Theory: Critical Remarks upon Functionalism
Toward a Theory of Social Conflict
Social Conflict and the Theory of Social Change
Three Faces of Cruelty: Towards a Comparative Sociology of Violence
Maturation of the State-Centered Theory of Revolution and Ideology
Marxism And Neo-Marxism
Some Social Implications of Modern Technology
Neo-Marxist Views of the State
What Does a Crisis Mean Today? Legitimation Problems in Late Capitalism
The Present State of the Debate on World Inequality
What Is Analytical Marxism?
Marxism and Socialist-Feminist Theory: A Decade of Debate
Microsociology
George Herbert Mead: The Legacy of Social Behaviorism
Society as Symbolic Interaction
Ethnomethods and Phenomenology
Notes on the Art of Walking
Social Behavior as Exchange
Equity Theory and Research: An Overview
Exchange Theory: Critique from a Feminist Standpoint
The Interaction Order
Micro Versus Macro Approaches
The Present State of Sociological Theory
Structuralism versus Individualism: Shadowboxing in the Dark
The Contribution of Rational Choice Theory to Macrosociological Research
Micro-translation as a Theory-Building Strategy
Microprocess and Macrostructure
Social Space and Symbolic Power
Agency, Institution, and Time-Space Analysis
New Perspectives And Approaches
What Is Sociobiology?
Environmental Sociology: A New Paradigm
The Missing Feminist Revolution in Sociology
Considerations for a Sociology of the Emotions
Future History
Postmodern Social Theory
The End of Sociological Theory: The Postmodern Hope
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