An invitation to social theory
* Wide-ranging introduction to social theory that carefully avoids simplification of ideas whilst presenting theories in an accessible language for students. * Inspired by the authors' own teaching and dissatisfaction with current books on the market to provide accessible yet sophisticated guid...
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Cambridge, U. K. ; Malden, Massachusetts :
Polity Press ,
c2012
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction : extending an invitation
- 2. Classical paradigms
- 3. Functionalist and systems theory paradigms
- 4. Marxist and critical theory paradigms
- 5. Phenomenological paradigms
- 6. The symbolic interactionist paradigm
- 7. Rational choice and exchange theory paradigms
- 8. The process sociological paradigm
- 9. Structuralist and post-structuralist paradigms
- 10. Post-modernist paradigms
- 11. Structurationist paradigms
- 12. Feminist paradigms
- 13. Globalization paradigms
- 14. Conclusion : the development of social theory in 13 points