Sociological theory / George Ritzer.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York ; London : McGraw-Hill Companies, c1996.Edition: 4th edDescription: xxv,757p. : ill., ports. ; 24cmISBN:- 9780070530164 :
- 0070530165 (alk. paper)
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Previous ed.: 1992.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1.A historical sketch of sociological theory: the early years -- 2.Karl Marx -- 3.Emile Durkheim -- 4.Max Weber -- 5.Georg Simmel -- 6.A historical sketch of sociological theory: the later years -- 7.Structural functionalism, neofunctionalism, and conflict theory -- 8.Varieties of neo-Marxian thoery -- 9.Symbolic interactionism -- 10.Ethnomethodology -- 11.Exchange network, and rational choice theories -- 12.Contermporary feminist theory -- 13.Micro-macro integration -- 14.Agency-strucutre integration -- 15.Contemporary theories of modernity -- 16.Structuralism, poststructuralism, and the emergence of postmodern social theory.
This work spans the history of sociological theory from its inception to the present. Divided into four parts it covers early sociological thinkers, each major school, recent integrative developments, and contemporary theories of modernity, structuralism and post-structuralism.