The theory primer : a sociological guide /
Schneider, Mark A.
Lanham, Md. ; Oxford : Rowman & Littlefield,
c2006.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-335) and index.
Theories and theorizing. A definition of theory ; Theory and explanation ; Theorizing as a process ; Theories, causal narratives, and descriptive narratives ; Theories and paradigms -- Karl Marx and capitalism. Capitalism as a problem ; Creating a theory to explain the change ; Evaluating Marx's theory -- Historical materialism and its legacy. The paradigm of historical materialism ; The legacy of Marx -- Max Weber and capitalism. Weber's program : theoretical modesty and use of analytic typologies ; Weber's Protestant ethic account of capitalism ; Evaluating the Protestant ethic thesis ; Weber and historic idealism ; Weber and verstehen -- Max Weber and analytic typologies. What is an analytic typology? ; What makes for a good typology? ; Weber's typologies ; Charismatic authority and the sociology of charisma ; Bureaucratic authority and the sociology of bureaucracies ; Rationalization and historical change ; Stratification and conflict -- Émile Durkheim on the division of labor and suicide. The division of labor ; Durkheim on suicide ; Evaluating Durkheim's theory of suicide -- Émile Durkheim and functionalism. The social function of crime ; Functionalism as a paradigm ; Structuralism : Durkheim on the origins of religion -- G. H. Mead and symbolic interaction. Mead and social behaviorism ; Erving Goffman and symbolic interaction ; The affect control subparadigm.
Sociology.