Illuminating social life
Subtitle: classical and contemporary theory revisited
By: edited by Peter Kivisto
Edition: 6th ed.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781452217826
Subjects: History; Philosophy; Sociology; Social history
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: About the editor; title: Preface; title: Classical sociological theory; title: Introduction / Peter Kivisto; title: Celebratory capitalism and the commodification of information / Stephen Adair; title: The weberian theory of rationalization and the McDonaldization of contemporary society / George Ritzer; title: Surfing the net for community : a Durkheimian analysis of electronic gatherings / Anne M. Hornsby; title: Alcohol-related windows on simmel's social world / William J. Staudenmeier, Jr; title: Contemporary theories and their connections to the classics : introduction / Peter Kivisto; title: Cultural sociology and the meaning of music / Scott Appelrouth; title: Why do African-Americans pay more for new cars? : a structural explanation / Christopher Prendergast; title: Critical theory, legitimation crisis, and the deindustrialization of Flint, Michigan / Steven P. Dandaneau; title: Race-based critical theory and the "happy talk" of diversity in America / Douglas Hartmann and Joyce M. Bell; title: The socially constructed body : insights from feminist theory / Judith Lorber and Patricia Yancey Martin; title: Organizing door-to-door sales : a symbolic interactionist analysis / David Schweingruber and Nancy Berns; title: Goffman's dramaturgical sociology : personal sales and service in a commodified world / Peter Kivisto and Dan Pittman; title: Contrasts of carnival : Mardi Gras between the modern and the postmodern / Kevin Fox Gotham; title: Negotiating the social landscape to create social change / Anne F. Eisenberg; title: Globalization theory and religious fundamentalism / William H. Swatos, Jr.; title: Index.