Macrosociology
Subtitle: Four Modern Theorists
Publisher: Paradigm Publishers
Published: March 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781594512575
Subjects: Sociology, Social Studies; Social Science; Harris, Marvin,; Sociology; Sociology - Social Theory; Social Science / Sociology / General; 1927-; Sociology - General; (Charles Wright),; 1916-1962; Macrosociology; Mills, C. Wright
First sentence: C. Wright Mills is among a select group of sociologists in the twentieth century who write within the classical tradition.
Description: Social theorists dwell on the canonical works of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim but little on the theories of the major contemporary macrotheorists. This book fills this gap with a focus on the work of four modern theorists who have taken on the larger questions spawned by classical social theory. C. Wright Mills, Marvin Harris, Immanuel Wallerstein, and Gerhard Lenski have examined such phenomena and processes as the rise and impact of capitalism; the centralization and enlargement of authority; inequality; and the historical intensification of production and populations.