Contemporary Sociological Theory An Integrated Multi-Level Approach /
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| Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York,
2008.
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| Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- Setting the Stage
- Introduction: From Implicit to Explicit Theories
- Classical Stage European Sources of Sociological Theory
- Development of American Sociology: A Brief Historical Overview
- Formal Theory Construction: Developing Sociological Theory as Part of a Scientific Enterprise
- Moving from Micro to Meso to Macro Levels
- Symbolic Interaction: Constructing the Social World–and its Participants' Identities
- Phenomenological Sociology and Ethnomethodology: The Everyday Life World of Common Sense
- Social Exchange and Rational Choice at the Micro Level: Looking Out for #1
- Networking and Belonging: Opportunity Structures, Rational Choice Exchanges, and the Sociology of Emotions
- From Micro-Level Exchanges to Meso- and Macro-Level Structures
- Meso-Level Structures: Communities and Organizations
- Meso-Level Structures: Markets and Socioeconomic Classes
- Integration and Social Order at the Macro Level: Parsons' Structural-Functional Perspective
- Middle-Range Functionalism and Neofunctionalism
- Conflict and Competition: Analytical Conflict Theories at the Macro Level
- Critical Theory: Social System Requirements Versus Human Needs
- Exploring Multi-Level Theoretical Perspectives
- Feminist Theory at Multiple Levels: Analytical and Critical
- Human Agency, the Structuration Process, and Social Systems: Linking Micro, Meso, and Macro Levels of Analysis
- The Sociobiological Perspective: Biological Versus Cultural Influences on Human Behavior
- The Dynamics of Cultural Systems
- Postmodern Social and Cultural Fragmentation
- Conclusion.
