Contemporary Sociological Theory

Bert N. Adams · R. A. Sydie

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Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice German Social Sciences and History Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory

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Preface A Note to Students 1. Introduction to Contemporary Sociological Theory Nineteenth-Century Sociological Theory Dominant Theories and Ideologies Radical Theory and Ideology Early-Twentieth-Century Sociological Theory Sociological Theory by the 1930s SECTION I. TWENTIETH-CENTURY FUNCTIONALISM AND BEYOND 2. Twentieth-Century Functionalism Talcott Parsons (1902-1979) Robert K. Merton (1910- ) Final Thoughts References 3. Systems, Structuration, and Modernity Niklas Luhmann (1927-1998) Anthony Giddens (1938- ) Final Thoughts References SECTION II. CRITICISM, MARXISM, AND CHANGE 4. Critical Theory The Institute of Social Research Jurgen Habermas (1929- ) Final Thoughts References 5. Marxism Since 1930 Marxism from 1930 to 1980 Marxism Now: Erik Olin Wright (1947- ) Final Thoughts References 6. Sociocultural Change: Evolution, World System, and Revolution Twentieth-Century Evolutionism: Elman Service (1915- ) World System Theory: Immanuel Wallerstein (1930- ) Revolution: Theda Skocpol (1947- ) Final Thoughts References SECTION III. TRANSITIONS AND CHALLENGES 7. Mid-Twentieth-Century Sociology Ideological Disputes Facts and Values Macro/Micro Perspectives Feminism and Feminist Sociological Theory Race and Colonialism Final Thoughts References 8. Symbolic Interactionism The Interactionist Tradition Herbert Blumer (1900-1987) Erving Goffman (1922-1982) Arlie Russell Hochschild (1940- ) Final Thoughts References 9. Rational Choice and Exchange James S. Coleman, (1926-1995) Final Thoughts References 10. Feminist Sociological Theory Sociology and Feminism Dorothy E. Smith (1926- ) Patricia Hill Collins (1948- ) Final Thoughts References 11. Knowledge, Truth, and Power Michel Foucault (1926-1984) Final Thoughts References 12. Final Thoughts on Contemporary Sociological Theory Sociological Theory Since 1930 The Future of Society The Future of Sociological Theory References Credits Index

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