Contemporary Sociological Theory
R. Wallance

For one-semester, junior/senior-level courses in Contemporary Sociological Theory. This text examines the assumptions and concepts of the five major sociological theories and the classical roots of the modern theories. It focuses specifically on functionalism, conflict theory, theories of rational choice, symbolic interactionism, and phenomenology.NEW - Updated research examples that are theoretically driven.  NEW - Examines the functions and dysfunctions of educational institutions. NEW - Updates the two major themes throughout the book - the role of women in contemporary society and formal education systems that characterize modern society. Material on Neil Smelser in Neofunctionalism section (Ch. 2) and Jeffrey Alexander. Discussion of E.O. Wright's Marxian analysis of US Society (Ch. 3). Material from research using Dorothy Smith's standpoint theory (Ch. 6). A complete section on James Coleman; updated work of other rational choice theorists (Ch. 7).  Includes a chapter on Evolution and Modernity: Macrosociological Perspectives that discusses in depth the evolutionary theories of Karl Marx, Talcott Parsons, Jurgen Habermas, and Anthony Giddens.  Provides feminist contributions and critiques on each major perspective. ~ Introduced a feminist critique of theories that fail to analyze the intersection of class, race, and gender and also discusses Arlie R. Hochschild and Patricia Hill Collins' feminist theory on expansion of symbolic interactionism.   

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Wydawnictwo: angielskie
Data wydania: b.d
Kategoria: Socjologia, filozofia
ISBN: 978-0-13-185051-4
Liczba stron: 0