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.