02913nam 2200541 a 450 991081746150332120240402060713.01-4833-2869-41-4522-4481-2(CKB)2670000000519381(EBL)1630920(SSID)ssj0001111661(PQKBManifestationID)12436867(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001111661(PQKBWorkID)11156574(PQKB)10419220(MiAaPQ)EBC1630920(OCoLC)1007860518(StDuBDS)EDZ0000158815(EXLCZ)99267000000051938120130912d2002 fy| 0engur|||||||||||txtccrContemporary sociological theory[electronic resource] /Bert N. Adams, R.A. Sydie1st ed.Thousand Oaks, Calif. Pine Forge20021 online resource (xxii, 270, 11 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-322-41335-5 0-7619-8781-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 WrightChapter 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; IndexContemporary Sociological Theory covers developments in the discipline from the 1930s and includes important new voices in social theory, including female theorists. The treatment of individual theories and theorists is balanced with the development of key themes and ideas about social life, including race, class and gender.SociologySociology.301Adams Bert N1631548Sydie R. A(Rosalind Ann),1940-552957StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910817461503321Contemporary sociological theory4073571UNINA