Contemporary sociological theory /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Turner, Jonathan H.
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Subjects:
Sociology > History.
Sociology > Philosophy.
Table of Contents:
  • The nature of sociological theory
  • Functional theorizing
  • The rise of functional theorizing
  • Talcott Parsons' analytical functionalism
  • The systems functionalism of Niklas Luhmann
  • Efforts to revitalize functionalism
  • Evolutionary and ecological theories
  • The rise of evolutionary and ecological theorizing
  • Ecological theories
  • Stage theories of societal evolution
  • Darwinian-inspired evolutionary theories
  • Conflict theorizing
  • The rise of conflict theorizing
  • Early analytical conflict theories
  • Randall Collins' analytical conflict theory
  • Marxian conflict theories
  • Conflict theories in historical-comparative sociology
  • Interactionist theorizing
  • The rise of interactionist and phenomenological theorizing
  • Symbolic interactionist theories of identity
  • Roles theories
  • Status theories
  • Dramaturgical theories
  • Ethnomethological theories
  • Exchange theorizing
  • The rise of exchange theorizing
  • Early exchange theorizing
  • Rational choice theories
  • Exchange-network theories
  • Structuralist and cultural theorizing
  • The rise of structuralist and cultural theorizing
  • Early structural and cultural theories
  • Cultural theories
  • Structuration theory
  • Network analysis
  • The challenge of critical theorizing
  • The rise of critical theorizing
  • Critical theorizing in the Frankfurt school
  • American-style critical theory
  • Index.

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