Contemporary social psychological theories
By: edited by Peter J. Burke
Contributors: Burke, Peter J. 1939-
Publisher: Stanford Social Sciences; Stanford University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 382
Subjects: Social psychology -- Philosophy; Social psychology
Description: "This text presents social psychological theories and research programs in contemporary sociology. Original chapters by the scholars who initiated and developed these theoretical perspectives provide full descriptions of each theory, its background, development, and future. The first four chapters cover general approaches, organized around fundamental principles and issuessymbolic interaction, social exchange, distributive justice, and rational choice. The following chapters focus on specific research programs and theories, examining identity, affect, comparison processes, power and dependence, social exchange, status construction, and legitimacy. A concluding chapter provides an analysis of and commentary on the state of the theoretical programs in sociological social psychology."--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Preface / Peter J. Burke; title: Symbolic interaction / George J. McCall; title: The social exchange framework / Linda D. Molm; title: Justice frameworks / Karen A. Hegtvedt; title: Rational choice / Michael W. Macy; title: Identity theory / Jan E. Stets; title: Social identity theory / Michael A. Hogg; title: Affect control theory / Dawn T. Robinson and Lynn Smith-Lovin; title: The theory of comparison processes / Guillermina Jasso; title: Power, dependence, and social exchange / Karen S. Cook, Coye Cheshire, and Alexandra Gerbasi; title: Elementary theory / David Willer and Pamela Emanuelson; title: The affect theory of social exchange / Edward J. Lawler; title: Expectations, status, and behavior / Joseph Berger and Murray Webster, Jr.; title: Status construction theory / Cecilia L. Ridgeway; title: Legitimacy theory / Morris Zelditch, Jr.; title: The state of theorizing in sociological social psychology : a grand theorist's view / Jonathan H. Turner