Contemporary sociological thinkers and theories / / Sandro Segre

• Autore: Segre Sandro
• Pubblicazione: Farnham, Surrey, United Kingdom ; ; Burlington, Vermont : , : Ashgate Publishing, , [2014]; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (391 pages)
• Disciplina: 301
• Soggetto topico: Sociology - History; Sociology; Sociologists
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The neofunctionalism of Jeffrey Alexander -- Pierre Bourdieu -- Ethnomethodology -- Exchange theory -- Michel Foucault -- Anthony Giddens -- Erving Goffman -- Jürgen Habermas -- Niklas Luhmann -- Robert K. Merton -- Network and social capital theory -- Talcott Parsons -- Rational choice theory -- The phenomenological perspective of Alfred Schutz -- Structuralism in sociology and other social sciences -- Symbolic interactionism.
• Sommario/riassunto: In this volume Sandro Segre provides a comprehensive overview of the major theoretical perspectives in contemporary sociology. The perspectives are divided into four sections: Interpretative Sociology; Structuralist Sociology; Micro and Macrosociological Perspectives; and Historical and Philosophical Perspectives. An introduction to each section provides a detailed overview of the key concepts and figures who contributed to the perspectives. An analysis of their reception in the secondary literature and a balanced evaluation of each perspective derived from extant critical literature are also
• Titolo autorizzato: Contemporary sociological thinkers and theories
• ISBN: 1-138-32294-6; 1-317-16051-7; 1-315-57394-6; 1-317-16050-9; 0-7546-9138-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910787050303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II