Rethinking sociological theory
Subtitle: introducing and explaining a scientific theoretical sociology
By: Stephen K. Sanderson
Publisher: Paradigm Publishers; Routledge
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Boulder, CO
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
ISBN-13: 9781612052052; 9781612052069
Subjects: Sociology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Functionalism; title: Social constructionism; title: Marxian conflict theory; title: Weberian conflict theory; title: World-systems analysis; title: Exchange and rational choice theory; title: Cultural materialism; title: Social evolutionism; title: Sociobiology; title: Eclecticism; title: Epilogue : toward synthesis; title: Appendix A: deconstructing postmodernism; title: Appendix B: the author expands his criticisms and debates his critics; title: Appendix C: conceptual problems and theory choice; title: Appendix D: the "lay of the land" in contemporary theory; title: References; title: Index.