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The theory primer : a sociological guide /
This book is a classical theory text aimed at teaching theorizing as a skill. After analyzing the process of theorizing into a set of simple steps, it shows how the theories of Marx, Weber, Durkheim, and Mead were constructed following these steps. It links their theories with contemporary ones in t...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham :
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,
2006.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Dedication; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Figures and Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Theories and Theorizing; A Definition of Theory; Theory and Explanation; Analysis; Explication; Causal Accounting; Theorizing as a Process; Phase 1: Developing a Problem; Phase 2: Creating a Theory; Phase 3: Evaluating the Theory; A Brief Review; Theories, Causal Narratives, and Descriptive Narratives; Theories and Paradigms; Conclusion; Notes; Interlude: The Context of Classical Theory; 2 Karl Marx and Capitalism; Capitalism as a Problem; Capitalism Observed.
- The Workers' Condition Conceptualized as a VariableAlienation; Exploitation; Changes in Working Conditions: An Empirical Generalization; Creating a Theory to Explain the Change; Working Conditions and Concentration of Power; Mode of Production, Technological Innovation, and Class Struggle; Mechanisms of Change; A Causal Narrative Explaining the Transition from Handicrafts to Manufacturing in Europe; Evaluating Marx's Theory; Predicting the Transition from Capitalism to Communism; The Mechanism of Transition; Evidence for and against the Theory; Conclusion; Appendix 2A: The Dialectic; Notes.
- 3 Historical Materialism and Its LegacyThe Paradigm of Historical Materialism; The Legacy of Marx; The Conflict Paradigm; A Theory of Gender Relations; The Paradigm of Cultural Materialism; Explaining Sacred Cows; Conclusion; Notes; 4 Max Weber and Capitalism; Weber's Program: Theoretical Modesty and Use of Analytic Typologies; Weber's Protestant Ethic Account of Capitalism; Catholic-Protestant Economic Differences: An Empirical Generalization; Conceptualizing Attitudinal Variation as the Cause of Variable Economic Success: Economic Traditionalism versus the ""Spirit of Capitalism""
- The Spirit of CapitalismExplaining Variation in Capitalist Spirit: Background Information; Protestantism and the Spirit of Capitalism: Calling, Predestination, and Worldly Asceticism; Luther's Idea of Calling; Calvin and Predestination; Calvinism and Worldly Asceticism; Signs of Election in Intense Occupational Activity; From the Protestant Ethic to Capitalism and Its Spirit; Back to Protestant-Catholic Differences? The Argument as a Whole; Evaluating the Protestant Ethic Thesis; Weber and Historical Idealism; Weber and Verstehen; Conclusion; Notes; 5 Max Weber and Analytic Typologies.
- What Is an Analytic Typology?What Makes for a Good Typology?; Exhaustiveness; Mutual Exclusivity; Usefulness; Weber's Typologies; Power; Authority; The Grounds of Bureaucratic Authority; The Grounds of Professional Authority; The Grounds of Traditional Authority; The Grounds of Charismatic Authority; Charismatic Authority and the Sociology of Charisma; Bureaucratic Authority and the Sociology of Bureaucracies; What Is a Bureaucracy?; The Social Ecology of Bureaucracies; Rationalization and Historical Change; The Types of Social Action; Stratification and Conflict; Conclusion.