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Author : Jack P. Gibbs
Publisher : Hinsdale, Ill : Dryden Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Sociological Theory Construction written by Jack P. Gibbs and published by Hinsdale, Ill : Dryden Press. This book was released on 1972 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Arthur L. Stinchcombe
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226774848
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (267 download)
Download or read book Constructing Social Theories written by Arthur L. Stinchcombe and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1987-07-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Constructing Social Theories presents to the reader a range of strategies for constructing theories, and in a clear, rigorous, and imaginative manner, illustrates how they can be applied. Arthur L. Stinchcombe argues that theories should not be invented in the abstract—or applied a priori to a problem—but should be dictated by the nature of the data to be explained. This work was awarded the Sorokin prize by the American Sociological Association as the book that made an outstanding contribution to the progress of sociology in 1970.
Author : Jerald Hage
Publisher : New York : J. Wiley
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Techniques and Problems of Theory Construction in Sociology written by Jerald Hage and published by New York : J. Wiley. This book was released on 1972 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David C. Bell
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780742564282
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (642 download)
Download or read book Constructing Social Theory written by David C. Bell and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2009 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Constructing Social Theory discusses the nature of social theory and theoretical orientations. Organized by forty-three theoretical orientations in seven domains--exchange, power, adaptation/reinforcement, social bond, altruism, functionalism, and identity--the text includes a tutorial on how to identify an appropriate theoretical orientation and create a theory given a particular research question. Bell separates the theoretical orientation of causal logic from theory itself, illuminating the mechanisms of scientific revolutions where new theoretical orientations are created, and the procedures of normal science, in which theories are developed using the logic of existing theoretical orientations.
Author : Peter L. Berger
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1453215468
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (532 download)
Download or read book The Social Construction of Reality written by Peter L. Berger and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2011-04-26 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A watershed event in the field of sociology, this text introduced “a major breakthrough in the sociology of knowledge and sociological theory generally” (George Simpson, American Sociological Review). In this seminal book, Peter L. Berger and Thomas Luckmann examine how knowledge forms and how it is preserved and altered within a society. Unlike earlier theorists and philosophers, Berger and Luckmann go beyond intellectual history and focus on commonsense, everyday knowledge—the proverbs, morals, values, and beliefs shared among ordinary people. When first published in 1966, this systematic, theoretical treatise introduced the term social construction,effectively creating a new thought and transforming Western philosophy.
Author : James Jaccard
Publisher : Guilford Publications
ISBN 13 : 1462542441
Total Pages : 545 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (625 download)
Download or read book Theory Construction and Model-Building Skills written by James Jaccard and published by Guilford Publications. This book was released on 2020-02-06 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book provides young scientists with tools to assist them in the practical aspects of theory construction. We take an informal journey through the cognitive heuristics, tricks of the trade, and ways of thinking that we have found to be useful in developing theories-essentially, conceptualizations-that can advance knowledge in the social sciences. This book is intended to provide the instructor with a useful source for helping students come up with ideas for research and for fine-tuning the resultant theories that emerge from such thinking. An objective of this book is to move toward a needed balance in the emphases given to theory construction and theory testing"--
Author : Glyn Williams
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000142736
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Social Theory and Language written by Glyn Williams and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-06-07 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers a comprehensive treatment of the historical developments underpinning our present understandings of the relationship between language and the social by integrating the study of language with key strands of sociological theory.// The book posits that theory conditions how objects are constructed and in turn the meanings allocated to them and explores the implications for the relationship between language and the social. The volume traces this relationship from its foundations in the work of Enlightenment philosophers, in which sociology and linguistics emerged as coherent disciplines. Taking this work as a point of departure, the book examines the unfolding of the interplay between language and the social across developments in sociological theory in subsequent eras, encompassing such strands as Marxism, functionalism, interactionism, anti-foundationalism, poststructuralism, critical theory, and critical realism. A final chapter turns its eye toward contemporary sociolinguistics and its treatment of different sociological perspectives and future directions for its continued development. // Reflecting on trajectories in sociological theory toward informing our understanding of the relationship between language and the social today, this book will be key reading for students and scholars in sociolinguistics, philosophy of language, and those working in sociology and geography with an interest in language issues.
Author : Paul Davidson Reynolds
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317345142
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)
Download or read book Primer in Theory Construction written by Paul Davidson Reynolds and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-07-02 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Primer in Theory Construction is for those who have already studied one or more of the social, behavioral, or natural sciences, but have no formal introduction to the way theories are constructed, stated, tested, and connected together to form a scientific body of knowledge. The author discusses scientific theories in general terms, but also addresses the special challenges of developing scientific knowledge about social and human phenomena. This Allyn and Bacon Classics Edition contains the complete text of the original copyright 1971 version, with new typography and page design.
Author : Fabio Rojas
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231543697
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)
Download or read book Theory for the Working Sociologist written by Fabio Rojas and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theory for the Working Sociologist makes social theory easy to understand by revealing sociology's hidden playbook. Fabio Rojas argues that sociologists use four different theoretical "moves" when they try to explain the social world: how groups defend their status, how people strategically pursue their goals, how values and institutions support each other, and how people create their social reality. Rojas uses famous sociological studies to illustrate these four types of theory and show how students and researchers may apply them to their interests. The guiding light of the book is the concept of the "social mechanism," which clearly and succinctly links causes and effects in social life. Drawing on dozens of empirical studies that define modern sociology and focusing on the nuts and bolts of social explanation, Rojas reveals how areas of study within the field of sociology that at first glance seem dissimilar are, in fact, linked by shared theoretical underpinnings. In doing so, he elucidates classical and contemporary theory, and connects both to essential sociological findings made throughout the history of the field. Aimed at undergraduate students, graduate students, journalists, and interested general readers who want a more formal way to understand social life, Theory for the Working Sociologist presents the underlying themes of sociological thought using contemporary research and plain language.
Author : Pamela J. Shoemaker
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1452210438
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (522 download)
Download or read book How to Build Social Science Theories written by Pamela J. Shoemaker and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2003-12-10 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Click ′Additional Materials′ to read the foreword by Jerald Hage As straightforward as its title, How to Build Social Science Theories sidesteps the well-traveled road of theoretical examination by demonstrating how new theories originate and how they are elaborated. Essential reading for students of social science research, this book traces theories from their most rudimentary building blocks (terminology and definitions) through multivariable theoretical statements, models, the role of creativity in theory building, and how theories are used and evaluated. Authors Pamela J. Shoemaker, James William Tankard, Jr., and Dominic L. Lasorsa intend to improve research in many areas of the social sciences by making research more theory-based and theory-oriented. The book begins with a discussion of concepts and their theoretical and operational definitions. It then proceeds to theoretical statements, including hypotheses, assumptions, and propositions. Theoretical statements need theoretical linkages and operational linkages; this discussion begins with bivariate relationships, as well as three-variable, four-variable, and further multivariate relationships. The authors also devote chapters to the creative component of theory-building and how to evaluate theories. How to Build Social Science Theories is a sophisticated yet readable analysis presented by internationally known experts in social science methodology. It is designed primarily as a core text for graduate and advanced undergraduate courses in communication theory. It will also be a perfect addition to any course dealing with theory and research methodology across the social sciences. Additionally, professional researchers will find it an indispensable guide to the genesis, dissemination, and evaluation of social science theories.
Author : Nicos P. Mouzelis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (599 download)
Download or read book Back to Sociological Theory written by Nicos P. Mouzelis and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Martin Albrow
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780333285466
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (854 download)
Download or read book Max Weber's Construction of Social Theory written by Martin Albrow and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the work of German sociologist, Max Weber, including a brief biography and an exploration in Weberian social theory.
Author : Doyle Paul Johnson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387765220
Total Pages : 632 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (877 download)
Download or read book Contemporary Sociological Theory written by Doyle Paul Johnson and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-03-29 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is designed as a basic text for upper level and graduate courses in contemporary sociological theory. Most sociology programs require their majors to take at least one course in sociological theory, sometimes two. A typical breakdown is between classical and contemporary theory. Theory is perhaps one of the bro- est areas of sociological inquiry and serves as a foundation or framework for more specialized study in specific substantive areas of the field. In addition, the study of sociological theory can readily be related to various aspects of other social science disciplines as well. From the very beginning sociology has been characterized by alternative theoretical perspectives. Classical theory includes the European founding figures of the dis- pline whose works were produced during the later half of the nineteenth century and the first couple of decades of the twentieth century plus early American th- rists. For most of the second half of the twentieth century, a fairly high consensus has developed among American sociologists regarding these major founders, p- ticularly with regard to the works of Durkheim and Weber in analyzing the overall society and of Simmel in analyzing social interaction processes. Since the late 1960s and early 1970s the influence of Marx has also been recognized. Recent decades have also witnessed an increased emphasis on the important contributions of several pioneering feminist perspectives in the early years of sociology.
Author : Luciano L'Abate
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461409144
Total Pages : 453 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (614 download)
Download or read book Paradigms in Theory Construction written by Luciano L'Abate and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-12-01 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Within the field of psychology there is a proliferation of paradigms, theories, models, and dimensions without an underlying conceptual framework or theory. This conclusion has been reached by representatives of many different psychological specialties. In response to this inconsistency this book presents a hierarchical framework about important theoretical issues that are present in psychological thinking. These issues concern definitions of three major theoretical concepts in theory and practice: (a) paradigms, (b) theories, and (c) models. It focuses on defining, comparing, and contrasting these three conceptual terms. This framework clarifies differences among paradigms, theories, and models, terms which have become increasingly confused in the psychological literature. Paradigms are usually confused with theories or with models while theories are confused with models. Examples of misuses of these terms suggest the need for a hierarchical structure that views paradigms as conceptual constructions overseeing a variety of psychological theories and verifiable models.
Author : Peter J. Burke
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 1503605620
Total Pages : 694 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (36 download)
Download or read book Contemporary Social Psychological Theories written by Peter J. Burke and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text, first published in 2006, presents the most important and influential social psychological theories and research programs in contemporary sociology. Original chapters by the scholars who initiated and developed these theoretical perspectives provide full descriptions of each theory and its background, development, and future. This second edition has been revised and updated to reflect developments within each theory, and in the field of social psychology more broadly. The opening chapters of Contemporary Social Psychological Theories cover general approaches, organized around fundamental principles and issues: symbolic interaction, social exchange, and distributive justice. Following chapters focus on specific research programs and theories, examining identity, affect, comparison processes, power and dependence, status construction, and legitimacy. A new, original piece examines the state and trajectory of social network theory. A mainstay in teaching social psychology, this revised and updated edition offers a valuable survey of the field.
Author : Wesley R. Burr
Publisher : New York : Wiley
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Theory Construction and the Sociology of the Family written by Wesley R. Burr and published by New York : Wiley. This book was released on 1973 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James Jaccard
Publisher : Guilford Publications
ISBN 13 : 1462542433
Total Pages : 545 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (625 download)
Download or read book Theory Construction and Model-Building Skills written by James Jaccard and published by Guilford Publications. This book was released on 2020-02-06 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book provides young scientists with tools to assist them in the practical aspects of theory construction. We take an informal journey through the cognitive heuristics, tricks of the trade, and ways of thinking that we have found to be useful in developing theories-essentially, conceptualizations-that can advance knowledge in the social sciences. This book is intended to provide the instructor with a useful source for helping students come up with ideas for research and for fine-tuning the resultant theories that emerge from such thinking. An objective of this book is to move toward a needed balance in the emphases given to theory construction and theory testing"--
