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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787730503321

Autore

Adams Bert N

Titolo

Contemporary sociological theory [[electronic resource] /] / Bert N. Adams, R.A. Sydie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif., : Pine Forge, 2002

ISBN

1-4833-2869-4

1-4522-4481-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxii, 270, 11 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SydieR. A <1940-> (Rosalind Ann)

Disciplina

301

Soggetti

Sociology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Brief Contents; Detailed Contents; Preface; A Note to Students; Chapter 1 - Introduction to Contemporary Sociological Theory; Section I - Twentieth-Century Functionalism and Beyond; Chapter 2 - Twentieth-Century Functionalism Parsons and Merton; Chapter 3 - Systems, Structuration, and Modernity: Luhmann and Giddens; Section II - Criticism, Marxism, and Change; Chapter 4 - Critical Theory: The Frankfurt School and Habermas; Chapter 5 - Marxism Since 1930: Poulantzas, Althusser, Dunayevskaya, and Wright

Chapter 6 - Sociocultural Change: Evolution, World System, and Revolution: Service, Wallerstein, and SkocpolSection III - Transitions and Challenges; Chapter 7 - Mid-Twentieth-Century Sociology; Chapter 8 - Symbolic Interactionism: Blumer, Goffman, and Hochschild; Chapter 9 - Rational Choice and Exchange: Coleman; Chapter 10 - Feminist Sociological Theory: Smith and Collins; Chapter 11 - Knowledge, Truth, and Power: Foucault and Feminist Responses; Chapter 12 - Final Thoughts on Contemporary Sociological Theory; Credits; Index