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Subject(s)

• Sociology—History [Browse]
• Sociology—Philosophy [Browse]
• Schools of sociology [Browse]

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Pt. I. Understanding What Theory Is About
• 1. Embracing the Subject: Becoming a Better Social Scientist by Learning More about Sociological Theory
• 2. Axioms and Principles: Theory Is Not as Hard as It Sounds!
• 3. Sociological Theory and the Scientific Method: Science Is Supposed to Test and Ultimately Transform Theory
• Pt. II. Sociology's Most Prominent Founding Figures
• 4. The Historical Context for a Science of Society: A Healthy Regard for the High Cost of Chaos
• 5. Emile Durkheim and the Birth of Scientific Sociology
• 6. Markets versus Other Forms of Organization: The Intellectual Backdrop of Early Sociology
• 7. Karl Marx and the Organization of Resistance from Below: Recognizing the Opposing Interests of Different Groups
• 8. Max Weber and the Primacy of Values: Moving Past Economic Determinism
• 9. Agency in the Work of George Herbert Mead: Individuals Working Together to Produce Social Reality
• 10. Chicago Community Studies and the Birth of Urban Ethnography
• Pt. II. Making Sense of Sociology's Theoretical Paradigms - Grasping the Basics
• 11. Talcott Parsons and Structural-Functionalism Made Easy: Systems Change When Needs Are Not Met
• 12. Conflict Theory: Always Ask Who Benefits
• 13. Symbolic Interactionism in Everyday Life: People Make a Difference
• 14. Exchange Theory in the Background: Everyone Has Motives
• Pt. IV. Taking Stock of Sociological Theory - A Recap
• 15. Sociology as a Coherent Discipline Rather Than an Incoherent Discipline: Keeping the Whole Forest in View
• Invitation to Further Dialogue
• Compendium of Axioms: Twelve Commonly Made Assumptions Helping Us to Make Predictions
• Compendium of Principles: Eighteen Testable Laws for Sociology.

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ISBN

• 0742530469 (alk. paper)
• 0742530477 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2003020934

OCLC

53097302

RCP

C - S

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