Ritzer, George,

Modern sociological theory / George Ritzer. - Fifth edition. - xx, 625 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of Biographical and Autobiographical Sketches -- Preface -- A Historical Sketch of Sociological Theory: The Early Years -- A Historical Sketch of Sociological Theory: The Later Years -- Structural Functionalism, Neofunctionalism, and Conflict Theory -- Varieties of Neo-Marxian Theory -- Symbolic Interactionism -- Ethnomethodology -- Exchange, Network, and Rational Choice Theories -- Contemporary Feminist Theory -- Micro-Macro Integration -- Agency-Structure Integration -- Contemporary Theories of Modernity -- Structuralism, Poststructuralism, and the Emergence of Postmodern Social Theory -- Sociological Metatheorizing and a Metatheoretical Schema for Analyzing Sociological Theory -- References -- Name Index -- Subject Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Appendix.

0072296046 9780072296044

99044807


Sociology--History.
Schools of sociology--History

HM435. / R57 2000

301.01