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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31604842 Title: Contemporary sociological theory : continuing the classical tradition Author: Ruth A Wallace; Alison Wolf Publisher: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, [1995] ©1995 ISBN/ISSN: 013036245X 9780130362452 OCLC:31604842

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Contemporary sociological theory : continuing the classical tradition

Author:	Ruth A Wallace; Alison Wolf
Publisher:	Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, [1995] ©1995
Edition/Format:	Print book : English : Fourth editionView all editions and formats
Summary:	This text examines the concepts and assumptions of the five major sociological theories and the classical roots of the modern theories. It focuses upon functionalism, conflict theory, theories of Read more...
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Subjects	Sociology. Sociology -- Philosophy. Sociologie. View all subjects
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Material Type:	Internet resource
Document Type:	Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors:	Ruth A Wallace; Alison Wolf Find more information about:
ISBN:	013036245X 9780130362452
OCLC Number:	31604842
Description:	xii, 434 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents:	Ch. 1. The Understanding of Society -- Ch. 2. Functionalism. pt. 1. Talcott Parsons: Grand Theory. pt. 2. Robert K. Merton: Middle-Range Theory. pt. 3. Neofunctionalism -- Ch. 3. Conflict Theory. pt. 1. Conflict Theory and the Critique of Society. pt. 2. Conflict Theory and Analytic Sociology: The Legacy of Max Weber -- Ch. 4. Symbolic Interactionism. pt. 1. George Herbert Mead: The Self. pt. 2. Herbert Blumer: Interpretation and Methodology. pt. 3. Erving Goffman: Dramaturgy and the Interaction Order. pt. 4. Arlie Russell Hochschild and Patricia Hill Collins: Expanding the Horizons of Symbolic Interactionism -- Ch. 5. Phenomenology. pt. 1. Harold Garfinkel: The Founder of Ethnomethodology. pt. 2. Peter Berger: The Social Construction of Reality. pt. 3. Dorothy Smith: Feminist Standpoint Theory -- Ch. 6. Theories of Rational Choice. pt. 1. Rational Choice and Individual Behavior. pt. 2. Rational Choice and the Analysis of Social Structure -- Ch. 7. Alternative Perspectives. pt. 1. Structuralism. pt. 2. Structuration Theory: Anthony Giddens. pt. 3. Rediscovering the Body -- Ch. 8. Conclusion. pt. 1. Social Theory and Understanding: The Value of Multiple Perspectives. pt. 2. Historical Trends.
Responsibility:	Ruth A. Wallace, George Washington University and Alison Wolf, University of London.

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