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Download or read book Metatheorizing written by George Ritzer and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1992-03-02 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Metaheorizing has come of age in sociology and other social science fields, forming the backdrop for serious intellectual debates over agency and structure, micro and macro level analysis, positivism and interpretivism, modernist and postmodernist thought. These debates are highlighted in this focused collection of essays on metatheory and metatheorizing. Contributors to this collection are among the leading figures in sociological theory - and represent a wide array of theoretical c̀amps'. Many of the raging debates in sociological theory are carried forward within the confines of the book. Collectively the group points out the importance of building overarching theoretical models and suggests new directions for metatheoretical work.
Book Synopsis Explorations in Social Theory by : George Ritzer
Download or read book Explorations in Social Theory written by George Ritzer and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2001-04-10 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Ritzer is one of the leading social and cultural commentators of the present day. In this essential new book he considers some of the main tendencies in contemporary social theory. Included here are Ritzer′s latest reflections on the uses and misuses of metatheory. According to Ritzer, sociology is a multiparadigm science. The differences and intensities of rivalries between paradigms are often very confusing for students and even for professional sociologists. This book seeks to find a way out of the confusion by sketching out the lineaments of a new integrated sociological paradigm and demonstrates how this paradigm can be applied. It shows the various ways in which Ritzer has developed rationalization theory to shed light on professional integration, the shape of consumer culture, hyperrationality and the state of sociology today.
Book Synopsis Metatheorizing in Sociology by : George Ritzer
Download or read book Metatheorizing in Sociology written by George Ritzer and published by Free Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Handbook of Social Theory by : George Ritzer
Download or read book Handbook of Social Theory written by George Ritzer and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2003-07-26 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Handbook of Social Theory presents an authoritative and panoramic critical survey of the development, achievement and prospects of social theory.
Book Synopsis Metatheory for the Twenty-First Century by : Roy Bhaskar
Download or read book Metatheory for the Twenty-First Century written by Roy Bhaskar and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-12-14 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Metatheory for the 21st Century is one of the many exciting results of over four years of in-depth engagement between two communities of scholar-practitioners: critical realism and integral theory. Building on its origins at a symposium in Luxembourg in 2010, this book examines the points of connection and divergence between critical realism and integral theory, arguably two of the most comprehensive and sophisticated contemporary metatheories. The Luxembourg symposium and the four more that followed explored the possibilities for their cross-pollination, culminating in five positions on their potential for integration, and began the process of fashioning a whole new evolutionary trajectory for both integral theory and critical realism. The contributors to this book bring together critical realism and integral theory in order to explore the potential of this collaboration for the advancement of both. Highlighting the ways in which these metatheories can transform scholarship and address the most pressing global issues of the 21st century, this book will be of interest to students, scholars and practitioners in the areas of metatheory, philosophy, social theory, critical realism, integral theory and current affairs more generally.
Book Synopsis Handbook of Sociological Theory by : Jonathan H. Turner
Download or read book Handbook of Sociological Theory written by Jonathan H. Turner and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-05-17 with total page 731 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sociology is experiencing what can only be described as hyperdifferentiation of theories - there are now many approaches competing for attention in the intellectual arena . From this perspective, we should see a weeding out of theories to a small number, but this is not likely to occur because each of the many theoretical perspectives has a resource base of adherents. As a result, theories in sociology do not compete head on with each other as much as they coexist. This seminal reference work was brought together with an eye to capturing the diversity of theoretical activity in sociology - specifically the forefront of theory. Contributors describe what they themselves are doing right now rather than what others have done in the past. The goal of this volume is to allow prominent theorists working in a variety of traditions - who wouldn't usually come together - to review their work. The chapters in this volume represent a mix of theoretical orientations and strategies, but these these theories are diverse and represent the prominent theoretical discussions in sociology today. Some areas included are: Section I: Theoretical Methodologies and Strategies Section II: The Cultural Turn in Sociological Theorizing Section III: Theorizing Interaction Processes Section IV: Theorizing from the Systemic and Macrolevel Section V: New Directions in Evolutionary Theorizing Section VI: Theorizing on Power, Conflict, and Change SectionVII: Theorizing from Assumptions of Rationality This handbook will be of interest to those wanting a broad spectrum and overview of late 20th - early 21st century sociological theory.
Book Synopsis Agency and Structure (RLE Social Theory) by : Piotr Sztompka
Download or read book Agency and Structure (RLE Social Theory) written by Piotr Sztompka and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-08-21 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A striking feature of the human condition is its dual, contradictory, inherently split character; on the one hand, autonomy and freedom; on the other, constraint and dependence on social structure. This volume addresses this central problem of the linkage between human action and social structure in sociological and social science theory. Contributions cover several different approaches to the agency-structure problematic, and represent the work of a number of leading international sociologists. Their efforts point to a reorientation of social theory, both on philosophical and methodological levels.
Book Synopsis An Introduction to Using Theory in Social Work Practice by : James A. Forte
Download or read book An Introduction to Using Theory in Social Work Practice written by James A. Forte and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-21 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Introduction to Using Theory in Social Work Practice equips the reader to use fourteen key social work theories to guide each phase of the planned change process, from engagement through to evaluation. Suitable for a generalist approach, this book illustrates the value of applying theory to practice in a variety of social work roles, across diverse fields and facing assorted challenges. The first section provides a practical foundation for beginning to use theory in your social work practice. Section two looks at how you can translate and integrate fourteen theories commonly found in social work across each phase of the planned change process. The theories discussed are: behavioural, interpretive anthropology, psychodynamic, evolutionary biology, cognitive, symbolic interactionism, strengths, social constructionism exchange economics, role, ecological, critical, feminist, and systems theory. The final section addresses some key issues for real life social work practice, including common barriers to using theory in practice, the potential for multi-professional communication and theory-sharing, and developing an integrative theoretical model for your own personal practice. Linking to core competencies identified by the Council of Social Work Education, this text supports social work students and practitioners in developing vital skills, including critical thinking, applying theory and the effective use of the planned change process.
Book Synopsis Metatheory and Interviewing by : Emily J. Haas
Download or read book Metatheory and Interviewing written by Emily J. Haas and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2014-12-11 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Metatheory and Interviewing: Harm Reduction and Motorcycle Safety in Practicedescribes and applies a unique approach for advancing harm reduction theory. Emily J. Haas and Marifran Mattson argue that using harm reduction as a metatheory to guide qualitative interviews strengthens the use and acceptance of harm reduction and the application of constructs within health theories. Through analysis of in-depth interviews with respective participants—at-risk motorcyclists—which are informed by harm reduction metatheory, the authors examine how this unique approach to interviewing can be used to link metatheory, theory, methodology, and ultimately application and translation of research results. Metatheory and Interviewing culminates with a discussion of how the way we conduct and analyze interviews facilitates a deeper, more intimate conversation with research participants by encouraging them to incorporate the same, overarching harm reduction framework to provide feedback about changing specific health behaviors. Scholars of health communication and research will understand the critical role of a humanistic attitude and pragmatic communication with participants, as well as the importance of further extrapolating these strategies to their broader target audience.
Book Synopsis The SAGE Encyclopedia of Theory in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics by : James Mattingly
Download or read book The SAGE Encyclopedia of Theory in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics written by James Mattingly and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2022-09-21 with total page 1057 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The SAGE Encyclopedia of Theory is a landmark work that examines theory in general and the broad split between the "hard" and "soft" sciences, a split that is being re-examined as approaches to scientific questions become increasingly multidisciplinary.
Book Synopsis Ebook: Sociological Theory by : George Ritzer
Download or read book Ebook: Sociological Theory written by George Ritzer and published by McGraw Hill. This book was released on 2014-10-16 with total page 850 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ninth edition of Sociological Theory by George Ritzer gives readers a comprehensive overview of the major theorists and schools of sociological thought. Key theories are integrated with biographical sketches of theorists, and are placed in their historical and intellectual context. Written by one of the foremost authorities on sociological theory, this text helps students better understand the original works of classical and modern theorists, and enables them to compare and contrast the latest substantive concepts.
Book Synopsis Management Education for Global Sustainability by : Charles Wankel
Download or read book Management Education for Global Sustainability written by Charles Wankel and published by IAP. This book was released on 2009-10-01 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than a century management education has fostered the development of leaders of many of the world's industrial successes with their immense creation of output that we now see as unsustainable. If we wish to avoid a time of tumultuous environmental crises in the global ecosystem management education must move more to being part of the solution, rather than of the problem. The task of transforming management education to contribute to the challenge of moving to global sustainability is upon us. Management Education for Global Sustainability provides a diverse and extensive set of perspectives on how management education can be transformed to be a significant part of the solution to the sustainability problem that business and other sectors of our world must grapple with. The spectrum of current integration of managing for sustainability into business school curricula is provided. A review of the current status sustainability oriented business degree options is completed. Approaches from around the world including China are offered. Management Education approaches through systems thinking, art, and stakeholder's theory are parsed. Specific examples of notable programs are covered, sustainable entrepreneurship for instance. A series of reports on program and institutional level initiatives that have been very successful are described. A new MBA program with a major in sustainability, integrating ocean science courses, is considered. Programs with action learning projects and industry concentrations as core elements will be analyzed. The sense of deeper purpose vibrancy and developing authentic relationships in management education for global sustainability is robust throughout this volume.
Book Synopsis Organizational Immunity to Corruption by : Agata Stachowicz-Stanusch
Download or read book Organizational Immunity to Corruption written by Agata Stachowicz-Stanusch and published by IAP. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The current discussion about corruption in organizational studies is one of the most growing, most fertile and perhaps most fascinating ones. Corruption is also a construct that is multilevel and can be understood as being created and supported by social and cultural interaction. As a result, an ongoing dialogue on corruption permeates the levels of analysis and numerous research domains in organizational studies. Thus I see a major opportunity and necessity to look on corruption from a multilevel and multicultural perspective. Second, in the global society of the world today where organizational boundaries are becoming increasingly transparent and during the Global Crisis, which has been rooted in unethical and corrupt behavior of large corporations, a deeper understanding of corruption, its forms, typologies, ways to increase organizational immunity and the best practices how to fight against corruption that are particularly significant and can also uncover it means that individuals, groups, organizations and whole societies can be used to sustain a sense of purpose, direction, meaning and the right way for creating a moral frame for the ethical behavior in the world of flux. Third, there is a growing pressure in the field of organizational studies and management to formulate theories that stimulate thinking of corruption, to change understanding of the phenomenon and, what is the most important, to carry out actions that produce valued outcomes. This exciting book provides an authoritative and comprehensive overview of organizational corruption. It is an essential reference tool to carry out further research on corruption in organization. This book uncovers new theoretical insights that, I hope, will inspire new questions about corruption in organization; it also changes our understanding of the phenomenon and encourages further exploration and research.
Author :Badrane Benlahcene Publisher :International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) ISBN 13 :1565643674 Total Pages :331 pages Book Rating :4.5/5 (656 download)
Book Synopsis The Socio-intellectual Foundations of Malek Bennabi's Approach to Civilization by : Badrane Benlahcene
Download or read book The Socio-intellectual Foundations of Malek Bennabi's Approach to Civilization written by Badrane Benlahcene and published by International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT). This book was released on 2011 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the publication of Samuel Huntington’s “The Clash of Civilizations” concern about civilization has been reintroduced into the debate on the world order. Malek Bennabi (1905–1973), prominent Algerian thinker and great Muslim intellectual, intently focused on unravelling the causes of Muslim decline and the success of Western civilization and culture. The key problem he theorized lay not in the Qur’an or Islamic faith but in Muslims themselves. The author investigates Bennabi’s approach to civilization and the fundamental principles drawn, using metatheorizing methodology. In doing so he sheds further light on perhaps one of the more intriguing elements of Bennabi’s theory, that civilization is governed by internal-external and social-intellectual factors and that an equation can be generated for civilization itself. This equation of Man+Soil+Time = Civilization and of which religion, according to Bennabi, forms the all-important catalyst, is explained and its significance in terms of the reversal of Muslim decline evaluated. What is clearly apparent is that for Bennabi, Man is the central force in any civilizing process and without him the other two elements are of no value. With regard to outcomes, Bennabi’s unerring conviction that unless Muslims changed their spiritual condition they could not effect any far-reaching, meaningful change in society is echoed in the Qur’anic verse: “Verily, never will Allah change the condition of a people until they change what is in themselves” (13:11).
Book Synopsis Meta-Study of Qualitative Health Research by : Barbara L. Paterson
Download or read book Meta-Study of Qualitative Health Research written by Barbara L. Paterson and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2001-06 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title provides step-by-step directions for how to conduct a meta-study, as well as recommendations for tools and standards for the application of this approach.
Book Synopsis Challenges and Opportunities for Knowledge Organization in the Digital Age by : Fernanda Ribeiro
Download or read book Challenges and Opportunities for Knowledge Organization in the Digital Age written by Fernanda Ribeiro and published by Ergon Verlag. This book was released on 2018-07-11 with total page 995 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thema der 15. Internationalen Konferenz der International Society for Knowledge Organization vom 9. bis 11. Juli 2018 in Porto ist "Challenges and Opportunities for Knowledge Organization in the Digital Age". Der Konferenzband fasst die Vorträge von Wissenschaftlern aus aller Welt zusammen.
Download or read book Globalization written by George Ritzer and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-01-27 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Updated to reflect recent global developments, the second edition of Globalization: A Basic Text presents an up-to-date introduction to major trends and topics relating to globalization studies. Features updates and revisions in its accessible introduction to key theories and major topics in globalization Includes an enhanced emphasis on issues relating to global governance, emerging technology, global flows of people, human trafficking, global justice movements, and global environmental sustainability Utilizes a unique set of metaphors to introduce and explain the highly complex nature of globalization in an engaging and understandable manner Offers an interdisciplinary approach to globalization by drawing from fields that include sociology, global political economy, political science, international relations, geography, and anthropology Written by an internationally recognized and experienced author team
