Sociological theory

Ritzer, George. (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0072296054 (acid-free paper)
ISBN: 9780072296051
Physical Description: print
xviii, 769 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
Edition: 5th ed.
Publisher: New York : McGraw-Hill, c2000.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 641-749) and indexes.

Formatted Contents Note:

Classical sociological theory -- A historical sketch of sociological theory: the early years -- Karl Marx -- Emile Durkheim -- Max Weber -- Georg Simmel -- Modern sociological theory: the major schools -- A historical sketch of sociological theory: the later years -- Structural functionalism, neofunctionalism, and conflict theory -- Varieties of neo-Marxian theory -- Systems theory -- Symbolic interactionism -- Ethnomethodology -- Exchange, network, and rational choice theories -- Contemporary feminist theory -- Recent integrative developments in sociological theory -- Micro-macro integration -- Agency-structure integration -- From modern to postmodern social theory (and beyond) -- Contemporary theories of modernity -- Structuralism, poststructuralism, and emergence of postmodern social theory -- Appendix: Sociological metatheorizing and a metatheoretical schema for analyzing sociological theory -- List of biographical and autobiographical sketches.