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Social Theory

Author : Roberta Garner
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1442606487
Total Pages : 673 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book Social Theory written by Roberta Garner and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2014-04-29 with total page 673 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The organization of this popular social theory reader, which pairs classical articles with contemporary theoretical and empirical studies, highlights the historical flow of social theory and demonstrates how disagreements and confrontations shape theory over time. Written in clear, down-to-earth language, the introductions to each selection link theorists to one another, illustrating how theoretical traditions are not rigidly separate but are always in conversation, addressing and challenging each other. The third edition incorporates significant changes: more readings reflecting a wide diversity of theorists, a completely revamped chapter on gender, new chapters on race and culture, and unique material on the "transitional giants" who have helped to transform classical theory into contemporary theory. As well, new contextual and biographical materials surround each reading and each chapter includes a study guide with key terms and innovative discussion questions and classroom exercises. The result is a fresh take on social theory that foregrounds a plurality of perspectives and reflects contemporary trends in the field, while still managing to be a teachable and affordable text.

Social Theory

Author : Roberta Garner
Publisher : Peterborough, Ont. : Broadview Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 616 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Social Theory written by Roberta Garner and published by Peterborough, Ont. : Broadview Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This new reader in social theory offers substantial selections from the classic texts alongside unusual and thought-provoking examples of theory in action. The organization of the reader and Garner's short introductions to selections enable students to understand the historical flow of social theory, to trace continuities in theory, and to see how disagreements and confrontations shape theory. Her introductions, written in clear, down-to-earth language, highlight links among theorists. She shows that theoretical traditions are not rigidly separated from one another, but are always in conversation - addressing and challenging each other. She discusses how changes in society bring about changes in theories and notes the relationship between theories and research methods. Attention is given throughout the book to counter-currents, as well as mainstream social thought." "Designed to be easily read in conjunction with most theory texts currently available, selections in the book are written by theorists from a range of national origins and cultural backgrounds. Their writings trace the emergence and elaboration of key concepts such as power, class, ethnicity, and gender inequalities; hegemony; interaction; and structure and function." "Readings on culture, the media, technology, and globalization are included. Featured theorists include Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Simmel, Mead, DuBois, the Chicago School, Benjamin, Gramsci, Mills, McLuhan, Bourdieu, Habermas, Giddens, Foucault, symbolic interactionists, William Julius Wilson, Paul Willis, Dorothy Smith, Theda Skocpol, Fredric Jameson, and Stuart Hall."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Social Theory

Author : Roberta Garner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781442607774
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Social Theory written by Roberta Garner and published by . This book was released on 2014-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Social Theory

Author : Roberta Garner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781442607392
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book Social Theory written by Roberta Garner and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The third edition of this popular reader reflects considerable changes. With over seventy readings representing a wide diversity of theorists, it offers a breadth of coverage not available in other collections. The framework for understanding theory as a set of conversations over time is maintained and deepened, with a focus on key transitional theorists who helped pave the way from classical to contemporary theory. New contextual and biographical materials surround the primary readings, and each chapter includes a study guide with key terms, discussion questions, and innovative classroom exercises. The result is a fresh and expansive take on social theory that foregrounds a plurality of perspectives and defines contemporary trends in the field, while being both an accessible and manageable teaching tool."--publisher's description.

Social Theory: Continuity and Confrontation

Author : Roberta Garner
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1442606509
Total Pages : 672 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book Social Theory: Continuity and Confrontation written by Roberta Garner and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2014-04-29 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third edition of this popular reader reflects considerable changes. With over seventy readings representing a wide diversity of theorists, it offers a breadth of coverage not available in other collections. The framework for understanding theory as a set of conversations over time is maintained and deepened, with a focus on key transitional theorists who helped pave the way from classical to contemporary theory. New contextual and biographical materials surround the primary readings, and each chapter includes a study guide with key terms, discussion questions, and innovative classroom exercises. The result is a fresh and expansive take on social theory that foregrounds a plurality of perspectives and defines contemporary trends in the field, while being both an accessible and manageable teaching tool.

Social Theory (Set)

Author : Garner, Roberta
Publisher : University of Toronto PressHigher education
ISBN 13 : 9781554022915
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (229 download)

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Download or read book Social Theory (Set) written by Garner, Roberta and published by University of Toronto PressHigher education. This book was released on 2009-02-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The organization of this social theory reader combined with Garner's short introductions to selections enables students to understand the historical flow of social theory and see how disagreements and confrontations shape theory. Writing in clear, down-to-earth language, Garner's introductions highlight links among theorists to illustrate how theoretical traditions are not rigidly separated from one another but are always in conversation, addressing and challenging each other.The second edition has been thoroughly revised and reorganized with a new section on Media and Culture in the Information Age and new selections from Erving Goffman, David Harvey, Stuart Hall, and Saskia Sassen, among others. As in the first edition, many of the classical articles are paired with contemporary theoretical and empirical studies that illustrate the continuing value of the classical concepts. Garner continues to offer her concise introductions, and all have been completely revised and updated for this edition.Comments:"Garner provides an excellent overview of classical, modern, and contemporary social theory. The readings are well chosen and the commentary contextualizes them admirably. Highly recommended for undergraduate courses in social theory." - Philip Walsh, York University "Garner's writing style is a real treasure. Her breezy approach avoids long, overly abstract sentences and summarizes the theories accessibly. I'm impressed!" - Carol Ray, San Jose State University"The book is intellectually written yet easily read, provocative yet persuasive. Such a simple approach and interpretation of social theory has long been needed. In my opinion, this book is a must for social science and sociology students-more especially, undergraduate students." - Jim Mitchell, Daley CollegeRoberta Garner is a Professor of Sociology at DePaul University in Chicago. She is the author of Contemporary Movements and Ideologies (McGraw-Hill) and The Joy of Stats (Broadview Press) and is one of the co-editors of The New Chicago: A Social and Cultural Analysis (Temple University Press).

Rethinking Contemporary Social Theory

Author : Roberta Garner
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317252837
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (172 download)

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Download or read book Rethinking Contemporary Social Theory written by Roberta Garner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors recontextualize contemporary sociological theory to argue that in recent decades sociology has been deeply permeated by a new paradigm, conflict constructionism. Their analysis integrates and sheds new light on eight prominent domains of recent social thought: the micro-level; discourses, framing, and renewed interest in signs and language; the construction of difference and dominance; regulation and punishment; cultural complexity and transculturation; the body; new approaches to the role of the state; and a consistent conflict perspective. The paradigm combines elements of both social construction theory and conflict theory. It has deep roots in critical theory and more recent links to postmodernism. It is associated with postmodern social thought, although it is less radical and more adaptable to empirical inquiry than postmodernism. The authors tie their new conceptualization of social theory to contemporary applications of social theory in everyday life. Features of this text:

Social Theory: The formative years

Author : Roberta Garner
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1442601531
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book Social Theory: The formative years written by Roberta Garner and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Highly recommended for undergraduate courses in social theory." - Philip Walsh, York University

Making Sense of Social Theory

Author : Charles H. Powers
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9781442201194
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Making Sense of Social Theory written by Charles H. Powers and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2010 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Making Sense of Social Theory opens by carefully exploring what it means to follow the scientific method in a field like sociology. The author goes on to analyze sociology as a genuine science with a body of explanatory insights. It does this by (a) considering the major insights of key thinkers (including Marx, Durkheim, Weber, and Mead, among others), (b) distinguishing different analytical frameworks (especially exchange, symbolic interactionism, conflict, and structural-functionalism) in terms of their underlying assumptions, and (c) revealing compelling social science explanatory insights in the form of predictive principles that can be applied in understanding processes of change at work in the social world (from face-to-face encounters to major historical trends). Sociological theory is applied in ways that make its relevance and power apparent. In reading this book, theory no longer stands divorced from real-world research or practice. Making Sense of Social Theory clearly establishes the pertinence of sociology's great theoretical insights for all social science researches and practitioners. Book jacket.

Social Theory

Author : Roberta Garner
Publisher : Garamond Press
ISBN 13 : 9781551118772
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (187 download)

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Download or read book Social Theory written by Roberta Garner and published by Garamond Press. This book was released on 1970-01-01 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social Theory: From the Beginnings to the 1960s offers students substantial selections from the classic texts alongside unusual and thought-provoking examples of theory in action.

Contested Knowledge

Author : Steven Seidman
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1444358820
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (443 download)

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Download or read book Contested Knowledge written by Steven Seidman and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-09-23 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contested Knowledge is a well-established text offering up-to-date perspectives on social theory by one of the most important thinkers of our time. This fourth edition includes an exploration of globalization and a new section on the theories of global and world order. It provides a thoughtful and rigorous, yet highly accessible and reader-friendly account of social theory. Responds to current issues, debates, and new social movements Reviews sociological theory from a truly contemporary perspective Examines both classical and contemporary theories Combines social analysis and moral advocacy to demonstrate how social theory contributes to the making of a better world Challenges social scientists to renew their commitment to the important moral and political role social knowledge plays in public life A thoughtful and rigorous, yet highly accessible and reader-friendly account of social theory An accompanying website containing additional support for lecturers and students is available at www.blackwellpublishing.com/seidman

Social Theory

Author : Jonathan Joseph
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Social Theory written by Jonathan Joseph and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook introduction to Social Theory is unique in addressing key issues in sociological, political and cultural analysis through an examination of modern theories of social conflict, cohesion and consent. Chapters are structured to cover the major thinkers - Marx and Engels, Gramsci, Durkheim, Parsons, Weber, the Frankfurt School (Adorno, Horkheimer, Marcuse and Habermas) and Foucault - and offer a useful and accessible introduction to the main ideas of these important and widely studied theorists.Through the unifying theme of conflict, cohesion and consent the reader is introduced to core social concepts such as structure and agency, ideology, discourse and legitimation, and to key features of modern society such as the state, economy and civil society. Dealing with both contemporary social debates and established theoretical approaches, this book is ideal for both Politics and Sociology students.Key Features:* Author writes with great clarity, making the text accessible to undergraduates* Unique in addressing key issues in sociology, politics and cultural studies through examination of modern social theories of conflict, cohesion and consent* Chapters organised around the core thinkers: Marx, Engels, Gramsci, Durkheim, Weber, the Frankfurt School, and Foucault* Introduces students to key social concepts of structure, agency, discourse, legitimation, power, communication, functionalism and hegemony

A Good Book, in Theory

Author : Alan Sears
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1442601566
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book A Good Book, in Theory written by Alan Sears and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is designed to introduce readers to the joys and challenges of theoretical thinking. It begins by encouraging reflection of informal everyday theorizing, showing that theoretical thinking is an important feature of human activity. A focus on key themes?the politics of the classroom, the notion of what is "real," what is "natural," and how time is measured?allows Sears to draw out important elements of social theory in a way that makes it relevant and interesting to students. Creative exercises bring the issues to life and help hone critical thinking and writing skills. In the process, Sears offers an engaging and accessible guide through the complex world of social theory and lays a solid foundation for further study. Special Combined Price: A Good Book, In Theory: A Guide to Theoretical Thinking may be ordered together with Social Theory: Continuity and Confrontation, second edition at a special discounted price. In order to secure the package price, the following ISBN must be used when ordering: 978-1-55402-291-5. Academics please note that this is a title classified as having a restricted allocation of complimentary copies. Restricted titles remain available to adopters and to academics very likely to adopt in the coming semester. When adoption possibilities are less strong and/or further in the future, academics are requested to purchase the title, with the proviso that UTP Higher Education will happily refund the purchase price if the book is indeed adopted.

Social Theory

Author : Berch Berberoglu
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1317298152
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (172 download)

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Download or read book Social Theory written by Berch Berberoglu and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-01-06 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social Theory provides a sophisticated yet highly accessible introduction to classical and contemporary social theories. The author’s concise presentation allows students and instructors to focus on central themes. The text lets theorists speak for themselves, presenting key passages from each theorist’s corpus, bringing theory to life. The approach allows instructors the opportunity to help students learn to unpack sometimes complex prose, just as it offers inroads to class discussion. Chapters on Addams and early feminism, on Habermas and the Frankfurt School, on Foucault, and on globalization and social movements round out contemporary coverage. The book presents and explains key theories, just as it provides an introduction to central debates about them.

Capitalism and Classical Social Theory

Author : John Bratton
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1487556330
Total Pages : 567 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (875 download)

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Download or read book Capitalism and Classical Social Theory written by John Bratton and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2024-06-03 with total page 567 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Capitalism and Classical Social Theory offers a rigorous introduction to classical social theory, highlighting the enduring relevance of classical works for understanding the many crises of the contemporary world. This popular theory book introduces students to a selection of classical social thinkers and demonstrates the relevance of the classical canon in contemporary society – a society marked by social inequality, insecurity, transformative AI, and the climate emergency. The fourth edition features updated examples, data, and images throughout, as well as new material on early American sociology and new literature on classical social theorists from the past five years. It reintroduces a chapter on Georg Simmel and urbanism, and it includes a new chapter exploring the intersection of the COVID-19 pandemic and class, race, and gender. While attentive to historical context, Capitalism and Classical Social Theory argues that classical theorists speak directly to the present challenges of inequality, social change, and the climate crisis in the twenty-first century.

Social Theory, Volume I

Author : Roberta Garner
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1442607351
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book Social Theory, Volume I written by Roberta Garner and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2014-05-29 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third edition of this popular reader reflects considerable changes. The framework for understanding theory as a set of conversations over time is maintained and deepened, pairing classical with contemporary readings to illustrate the ways in which theory continues to be reinterpreted over time. Volume I has been completely reorganized, with new contextual and biographical materials surrounding the primary readings, and end-of-chapter study guides that include key terms, discussion questions, and innovative classroom exercises. The result is a fresh and expansive take on social theory that foregrounds a plurality of perspectives and reflects contemporary trends in the field, while being an accessible and manageable teaching tool.

Social Theory, Volume II

Author : Roberta Garner
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1442607408
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book Social Theory, Volume II written by Roberta Garner and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2014-05-29 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third edition of this popular reader reflects considerable changes. The framework for understanding theory as a set of conversations over time is maintained and deepened, but Volume II now begins with a focus on key transitional theorists who helped reconceive of classical theory in new ways. Extending from the classical tradition, chapters on race, gender, culture, media and globalization show how contemporary theory builds on the past even as it moves in new directions. New contextual and biographical materials surround the primary readings, and each chapter includes a study guide with key terms, discussion questions, and innovative classroom exercises. The result is a fresh and expansive take on social theory that foregrounds a plurality of perspectives and reflects contemporary trends in the field, while being an accessible and manageable teaching tool.