Modern Sociological Theory
The seventh edition of Modern Sociological Theory by George Ritzer, one of the foremost authorities on sociological theory, gives readers a comprehensive overview of the major contemporary schools of sociological thought. Key theories are integrated with biographical sketches of theorists, and theories are placed in their historical and intellectual context. This helps students to better understand the original works and helps them appreciate the diversity of contemporary theory.
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The seventh edition of Modern Sociological Theory by George Ritzer, one of the foremost authorities on sociological theory, gives readers a comprehensive overview of the major contemporary schools of sociological thought. Key theories are integrated with biographical sketches of theorists, and theories are placed in their historical and intellectual context. This helps students to better understand the original works and helps them appreciate the diversity of contemporary theory.
List of Biographical and Autobiographical SketchesPreface1A Historical Sketch of Sociological Theory: The Early Years32A Historical Sketch of Sociological Theory: The Later Years473Structural Functionalism, Neofunctionalism, and Conflict Theory954Varieties of Neo-Marxian Theory1405Symbolic Interactionism1896Ethnomethodology2357Exchange, Network, and Rational Choice Theories2628Contemporary Feminist Theory2999Micro-Macro Integration35310Agency-Structure Integration39011Contemporary Theories of Modernity42912Structuralism, Poststructuralism, and the Emergence of Postmodern Social Theory456AppendixSociological Metatheorizing and a Metatheoretical Schema for Analyzing Sociological Theory485References515Name Index587Subject Index595
