Ransome, Paul, <br/><br/>
Social theory for beginners / 
Paul Ransome. 
 - xvi, 480 pages 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 465-472) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: who is this book for and how do I use it?; What is social theory?; Where did social theory come from?; Emile Durkheim and the coming of industrial society; Karl Marx, Capitalism and Revolution; Max Weber, Rational Capitalism and Social Action; Talcott Parsons, Functionalism and the Social System; Social Interactionism and the real lives of social actors; Western Marxism, Antonio Gramsci and the Frankfurt School; Language, structure, meaning; Discourse and power: Post-structuralist social theory; Feminist social theory; Reviving theories of modernity: Habermas, Giddens and Bourdieu; Theories of Modernity and Post-modernity; Reflexive modernization: the global dimension and cultural theory; The boundary problem in contemporary social theory. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1847426743 9781847426741 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social sciences--Philosophy.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>H61 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>300.1