Contemporary Sociological TheorySAGE, 20 sept. 2012 - 749 pages Written by award-winning scholar, Jonathan Turner, Contemporary Sociological Theory covers the range of diversity of theory in nine theoretical traditions, and variants of theoretical approaches in these traditions. The result is a comprehensive review of present-day theorizing in sociology covering functional, evolutionary, ecological, conflict, interactionist, exchange, structuralist, cultural, and critical theories and the major proponents of these theories. Moreover, for each theoretical tradition, it origins are examined in a separate chapter with an eye to how classical theorists influenced the work of key contemporary scholars. This book will serve as a valuable resource for those readers seeking in-depth and comprehensive coverage of contemporary traditions in their historical contexts.
Since Jonathan Turner is an active theorist in his own right, he brings to the book an appreciation of how theories are created as an insider rather than as only a commentator on theory. As such, he is able to bring out the underlying assumptions, structure, and form of a theory in new and interesting ways for casual readers and scholars alike. |
Table des matières
Chapter 1 The Nature of Sociological Theory | 1 |
Part I Functional Theorizing | 33 |
Chapter 2 The Rise of Functionalist Theorizing | 35 |
Chapter 3 Talcott Parsons Analytical Functionalism | 49 |
Chapter 4 Niklas Luhmanns Systems Functionalism | 67 |
Chapter 5 Efforts to Revitalize Functionalism | 89 |
Part II Evolutionary and Ecological Theorizing | 105 |
Chapter 6 The Rise of Evolutionary and Ecological Theorizing | 107 |
Chapter 19 Dramaturgical Theories | 403 |
Chapter 20 Ethnomethodological Theories | 443 |
Part V Exchange Theorizing | 457 |
Chapter 21 The Rise of Exchange Theorizing | 459 |
Chapter 22 Early Exchange Theories | 477 |
Chapter 23 Rational Choice Theories | 511 |
Chapter 24 ExchangeNetwork Theories | 529 |
Part VI Structuralist and Cultural Theorizing | 555 |
Chapter 7 Ecological Theories | 133 |
Chapter 8 Stage Theories of Societal Evolution | 159 |
Chapter 9 DarwinianInspired Evolutionary Theories | 177 |
Part III Conflict Theorizing | 203 |
Chapter 10 The Rise of Conflict Theorizing | 205 |
Chapter 11 Early Analytical Conflict Theories | 217 |
Chapter 12 Randall Collins Analytical Conflict Theory | 237 |
Chapter 13 Marxian Conflict Theories | 257 |
Chapter 14 Conflict Theories in HistoricalComparative Sociology | 283 |
Part IV Interactionist Theorizing | 307 |
Chapter 15 The Rise of Interactionist and Phenomenological Theorizing | 309 |
Chapter 16 Symbolic Interactionist Theories of Identity | 331 |
Chapter 17 Role Theories | 357 |
Chapter 18 Status Theories | 373 |
Chapter 25 The Rise of Structuralist and Cultural Theorizing | 557 |
Chapter 26 Early Structural and Cultural Theories | 567 |
Chapter 27 Cultural Theories | 583 |
Chapter 28 Structuration Theory | 611 |
Chapter 29 Network Analysis | 627 |
Part VII The Challenge of Critical Theorizing | 639 |
Chapter 30 The Rise of Critical Theory | 641 |
Chapter 31 Critical Theories of the Frankfurt School | 657 |
Chapter 32 Postmodern Critical Theories | 677 |
Chapter 33 AmericanStyle Critical Theories | 701 |
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About the Author | 749 |
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