TY - BOOK AU - Ritzer,George TI - Sociological theory SN - 9780070530164 : U1 - 301 RIT 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; 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 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 -