TY - BOOK AU - Ritzer,George TI - Sociological theory SN - 9780070530164 : U1 - 301 PY - 1996/// CY - New York, London PB - McGraw-Hill Companies KW - Sociology KW - Sociologists KW - Biography KW - Sociology & anthropology KW - thema N1 - Previous ed.: 1992; Includes bibliographical references and index; Part 1: Classical Sociological Theory. 1.A Historical Sketch of Sociological Theory: The Early Years -- 2.Karl Marx - The Dialectic -- 3.Emile Durkheim - Social Facts -- 4.Max Weber - Methodology -- 5.Georg Simmel - Primary Concerns. Part 2: Modern Sociological Theory: The Major Schools. 6.A Historical Sketch of Sociological Theory: The Later Years -- 7.Structural Functionalism, Neofuctionalism and Conflict Theory -- 8.Varieties of Neo-Marxian Theory -- 9Symbolic Interactionism -- 10.Ethnomethodology -- 11.Exchange, Network and Rational Choice Theories -- 12.Contemporary Feminist Theory. Part 3: Recent Integrative Developments in Sociological Theory. 13.Micro-Macro Integration -- 14.Agency-structure Integration. Part 4: From Modern to Postmodern Social Theory. 15.Contemporary Theories of Modernity -- 16.Structuralism, Poststructuralism, and the Emergence of Postmodern Social Theory N2 - 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 ER -