Sociological theory

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Presenting sociological theory, this text gives readers an overview of the major theorists and schools of sociological thought. It integrates key theories with biographical sketches of theorists, and theories are placed in their historical and intellectual context to help students to understand the original works of the theorists.

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PART I: Classical Sociological Theory Chapter 1: A Historical Sketch of Sociological Theory: The Early Years Chapter 2: Karl Marx Chapter 3: Emile Durkheim Chapter 4: Max Weber Chapter 5: Georg Simmel PART II: Modern Sociological Theory: The Major Schools Chapter 6: A Historical Sketch of Sociological Theory: The Later Years Chapter 7: Structural Functionalism, Neofunctionalism, and Conflict Theory Chapter 8: Varieties of Neo-Marxian Theory Chapter 9: Systems Theory Chapter 10: Symbolic Interactionism Chapter 1 Ethnomethodology Chapter 12: Exchange, Network, and Rational Choice Theories Chapter 13: Contemporary Feminist Theory PART III: Recent Integrative Developments in Sociological Theory Chapter 14: Micro-Macro Integration and Agency-Structure Integration PART IV: From Modern to Postmodern Social Theory (and Beyond) Chapter 15: Contemporary Theories of ModernityChapter 16: Globalization TheoryChapter 17: Structuralism, Poststructuralism, and the Emergence of Postmodern Social Theory Appendix: Sociological Metatheorizing and a Metatheoretical Schema for Analyzing Sociological Theory