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Sociological Theory
11th Edition
- George Ritzer - University of Maryland, USA
- Jeffrey Stepnisky - MacEwan University, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Sociology (General)
Sociology (General)
February 2021 | 832 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
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Sociological Theory gives readers a comprehensive overview of the major theorists and schools of sociological thought, from sociology's 19th century origins through the early 21st century. Written by an author team that includes one of the leading contemporary thinkers, the text integrates key theories with biographical sketches of theorists, placing them in historical and intellectual context. The Eleventh Edition includes examples of premodern sociological theory from Islamic scholar Ibn Khaldun, Harriet Martineau’s feminist writings contextualized within the history of sociological thought, discussions of actor-network theory through Donna Haraway’s work on cyborgs and companion species, illustrations of historical comparative sociology with Saskia Sassen’s concepts of the global city and expulsions, and more ways to help students to understand sociology’s major theories.
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Sociological Theory gives readers a comprehensive overview of the major theorists and schools of sociological thought, from sociology's 19th century origins through the early 21st century. Written by an author team that includes one of the leading contemporary thinkers, the text integrates key theories with biographical sketches of theorists, placing them in historical and intellectual context. The Eleventh Edition includes examples of premodern sociological theory from Islamic scholar Ibn Khaldun, Harriet Martineau’s feminist writings contextualized within the history of sociological thought, discussions of actor-network theory through Donna Haraway’s work on cyborgs and companion species, illustrations of historical comparative sociology with Saskia Sassen’s concepts of the global city and expulsions, and more ways to help students to understand sociology’s major theories.
Included with this title:
The password-protected Instructor Resource Site (formally known as SAGE Edge) offers access to all text-specific resources, including a test bank and editable, chapter-specific PowerPoint® slides. Learn more.
Biographical and Autobiographical Sketches
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
PART I. CLASSICAL SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY
Chapter 1. A Historical Sketch of Sociological Theory: The Early Years
Chapter 2. Karl Marx
Chapter 3. Emile Durkheim
Chapter 4. Max Weber
Chapter 5. Georg Simmel
PART II. MODERN SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY: THE MAJOR SCHOOLS
Chapter 6. A Historical Sketch of Sociological Theory: The Later Years
Chapter 7. Structural Functionalism, Systems Theory, and Conflict Theory
Chapter 8. Varieties of Neo-Marxian Theory
Chapter 9. Symbolic Interactionism
Chapter 10. Ethnomethodology
Chapter 11. Exchange, Network, and Rational Choice Theories
Chapter 12. Contemporary Feminist Theory (by Patricia Madoo Lengermann and Gillian Niebrugge)
Chapter 13. Micro-Macro and Agency-Structure Integration
PART III. FROM MODERN TO POSTMODERN SOCIAL THEORY (AND BEYOND)
Chapter 14. Contemporary Theories of Modernity
Chapter 15. Structuralism, Poststructuralism, and Postmodern Social Theory
Chapter 16. Theories of Race and Colonialism
Chapter 17. Globalization Theory
Chapter 18. Science, Technology, and Nature
References
Name Index
Subject Index
Supplements
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