Contemporary Sociological Theory An Integrated Multi-Level Approach /

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Johnson, Doyle Paul (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
Edición:1st ed. 2008.
Temas:
Sociology.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Setting the Stage
  • Introduction: From Implicit to Explicit Theories
  • Classical Stage European Sources of Sociological Theory
  • Development of American Sociology: A Brief Historical Overview
  • Formal Theory Construction: Developing Sociological Theory as Part of a Scientific Enterprise
  • Moving from Micro to Meso to Macro Levels
  • Symbolic Interaction: Constructing the Social World-and its Participants' Identities
  • Phenomenological Sociology and Ethnomethodology: The Everyday Life World of Common Sense
  • Social Exchange and Rational Choice at the Micro Level: Looking Out for #1
  • Networking and Belonging: Opportunity Structures, Rational Choice Exchanges, and the Sociology of Emotions
  • From Micro-Level Exchanges to Meso- and Macro-Level Structures
  • Meso-Level Structures: Communities and Organizations
  • Meso-Level Structures: Markets and Socioeconomic Classes
  • Integration and Social Order at the Macro Level: Parsons' Structural-Functional Perspective
  • Middle-Range Functionalism and Neofunctionalism
  • Conflict and Competition: Analytical Conflict Theories at the Macro Level
  • Critical Theory: Social System Requirements Versus Human Needs
  • Exploring Multi-Level Theoretical Perspectives
  • Feminist Theory at Multiple Levels: Analytical and Critical
  • Human Agency, the Structuration Process, and Social Systems: Linking Micro, Meso, and Macro Levels of Analysis
  • The Sociobiological Perspective: Biological Versus Cultural Influences on Human Behavior
  • The Dynamics of Cultural Systems
  • Postmodern Social and Cultural Fragmentation
  • Conclusion.

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