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Subscription Theory: The Sociological Master Theory

Author : Alexander A Goodwin
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0646598708
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (465 download)

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Download or read book Subscription Theory: The Sociological Master Theory written by Alexander A Goodwin and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-12 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Subscription Theory is the repurposing of Cognitive Dissonance Theory from Social Psychology to Sociology. As a new sociological perspective, we can use this paradigm to understand our society and its trajectory. Admittedly, it does sound simplistic, but Occam's razor: the more assumptions one must make, the more unlikely the explanation. This theory encapsulates all others, including the "Big Three" (Conflict, Symbolic Interactionism and Structural Functionalism), and weds both Social Psychology and Social Constructivist perspectives (though this union has appeared since the early-2000's). This short text is by no means exhaustive, but rather provides a new foundational standpoint for further inquiry.

Emile Durkheim

Author : Robert Alun Jones
Publisher : SAGE Publications, Incorporated
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (97 download)

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Download or read book Emile Durkheim written by Robert Alun Jones and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1986 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume focuses on the four books by Durkheim which are generally accorded "classic" status: The Division of Labor in Society (1893), The Rules of Sociological Method (1895), Suicide (1897), and The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life (1912). In considering each of these works, Jones gives an account of Durkheim's intentions and beliefs, and why he held these beliefs, taking into consideration their social and historical context. In this discussion Jones also explains how Durkheim held some beliefs because he held other beliefs, in the sense that some beliefs provided his reasons for holding other beliefs. The author then follows this with a critical assessment of Durkheim's beliefs, indicating where these reasons were or were not insufficient, either by Durkheim's standards or our own. This book provides an excellent introduction to these four works in particular, and to Durkheim's sociological theories in general. It will be useful to upper-division undergraduates, as well as graduate students in sociology, philosophy, and intellectual history. Researchers and instructors will find it a valuable resource for lectures and research. "A remarkable work. . . . From presuppositions to conclusions, the presentation of Durkheimian thought is exceptionally clear, concise and pertinent. Jones succeeds in avoiding the traps associated with a summary, staying true to the essential ideas of the sociologist." --Archives de Sciences Sociales des Religions (Translated from French) " 'Translating' Durkheim's central ideas into undeniably more accessible language. Jones always stays close to the texts, and, in tune with his first goal, his work is a relatively accurate account of Durkheim's ideas. In addition, Emile Durkheim is a helpful reference for specific points and definitions." --Contemporary Sociology.

Classical Sociological Theory

Author : Steven Loyal
Publisher : Sage Publications Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781529725728
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (257 download)

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Download or read book Classical Sociological Theory written by Steven Loyal and published by Sage Publications Limited. This book was released on 2020-11-07 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces readers to the key figures and founders of sociological theory, including Marx, Weber, Durkheim and Martineau - locating each thinker within their own social, political and historical context and helping readers use these ideas to understand the contemporary world.

Classical Sociological Theory

Author : Jonathan H. Turner
Publisher : Wadsworth Publishing Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Classical Sociological Theory written by Jonathan H. Turner and published by Wadsworth Publishing Company. This book was released on 1993 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The theme of this collection of articles by Jonathan Turner is that sociology can be a true science, and it can develop abstract laws explaining the operative dynamics of the social universe. Rather that blindly worshipping sociology's masters, however, Turner attempts to reinvent sociology as a science that learns the valuable lessons of classical theory and then moves on.

An Introduction to Using Theory in Social Work Practice

Author : James A. Forte
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317929535
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)

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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.

Modern Sociological Theory

Author : George Ritzer
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1071823264
Total Pages : 634 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (718 download)

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Download or read book Modern Sociological Theory written by George Ritzer and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2021-02-07 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors are proud sponsors of the SAGE Keith Roberts Teaching Innovations Award—enabling graduate students and early career faculty to attend the annual ASA pre-conference teaching and learning workshop. Modern Sociological Theory gives readers a comprehensive overview of the major theorists and schools of sociological thought, from sociology′s 19th century origins through the mid-20th century. Written by an author team that includes one of the leading contemporary thinkers, the text integrates key theories with with biographical sketches of theorists, placing them in historical and intellectual context.

Handbook of Sociological Theory

Author : Jonathan H. Turner
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387362746
Total Pages : 731 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (873 download)

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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 2006-11-22 with total page 731 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This wide-ranging handbook presents in-depth discussions on the array of subspecialties that comprise the field of sociological theory. Prominent theorists working in a variety of traditions discuss methodologies and strategies; the cultural turn in sociological theorizing; interaction processes; theorizing from the systemic and macro level; new directions in evolutionary theorizing; power, conflict, and change; and theorizing from assumptions of rationality.

Frontiers in Social Movement Theory

Author : Assoc Professor Carol McClurg Mueller
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300054866
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (548 download)

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Download or read book Frontiers in Social Movement Theory written by Assoc Professor Carol McClurg Mueller and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scholars in the area of social action present new theories about this process, fashioning a social psychology of social movements that goes beyond theories currently in use.

Masters of Theory

Author : Andrew Warwick
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226873749
Total Pages : 600 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (737 download)

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Download or read book Masters of Theory written by Andrew Warwick and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2003-07 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Table of contents

Social Theory Now

Author : Claudio E. Benzecry
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022647531X
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (264 download)

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Download or read book Social Theory Now written by Claudio E. Benzecry and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2017-08-14 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The landscape of social theory has changed significantly over the three decades since the publication of Anthony Giddens and Jonathan Turner’s seminal Social Theory Today. Sociologists in the twenty-first century desperately need a new agenda centered around central questions of social theory. In Social Theory Now, Claudio E. Benzecry, Monika Krause, and Isaac Ariail Reed set a new course for sociologists, bringing together contributions from the most distinctive?sociological?traditions?in an ambitious survey of where social theory is today and where it might be going. The book?provides a strategic window onto social theory based on current research, examining trends in classical traditions and the cutting edge of more recent approaches. From distinctive theoretical positions, contributors address questions about?how social order is accomplished; the role of materiality, practice, and meaning; as well as the conditions for the knowledge of the social world. The theoretical traditions presented include cultural sociology, microsociologies, world-system theory and post-colonial theory, gender and feminism, actor network and network theory, systems theory, field theory, rational choice, poststructuralism, pragmatism, and the sociology of conventions. Each chapter introduces a tradition and presents an agenda for further theoretical development. Social Theory Now is an essential tool for sociologists. It will be central to the discussion and teaching of contemporary social theory?for years to come.

Theory and Progress in Social Science

Author : James B. Rule
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521574945
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (749 download)

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Download or read book Theory and Progress in Social Science written by James B. Rule and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997-04-28 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work, sequel to the author's Theories of Civil Violence, attacks questions that have long troubled social science and social scientists - questions of the cumulative nature of social inquiry. Does the knowledge generated by the study of social, political, and economic life grow more comprehensive over time? These questions go to the heart of social scientists' soul-searching as to whether they are indeed engaged in 'science'. The author pursues these questions through in-depth examination of various theoretical programs currently influential in social science, including feminist social science, rational choice theory, network analysis and others.

The Oxford Handbook of Sociology, Social Theory, and Organization Studies

Author : Paul S. Adler
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191058068
Total Pages : 816 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Sociology, Social Theory, and Organization Studies written by Paul S. Adler and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2014-10-16 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sociology and social theory has always been a major source of new perspectives for organization studies. Access to a series of authoritative accounts of theorists and research themes in sociology and social theory which have influenced developments in organization studies is essential for those wishing to deepen and extend their knowledge of the intersection of sociology and organization studies. This goal is achieved by drawing on a group of internationally renowned scholars committed in their own work to strengthening these links and asking them to provide critical accounts of particular theorists and research themes which have straddled this divide. This volume aims to strengthen ties between organization studies and contemporary sociological work at a time when there are increasing institutional barriers to such cooperation, potentially generating a myopia that constricts new developments. Used in conjunction with its companion volume, The Oxford Handbook of Sociology and Organization Studies: Classical foundations, the reader is provided with a comprehensive account of the productive and critical interaction between sociology and organization studies over many decades. Highly international in scope, theorists and themes are drawn from both the USA and Europe in equal measure. Similarly the authors of the chapters are drawn from both sides of the Atlantic. The result is a series of chapters on individuals and key research themes and debates which will provide faculty and post graduate researchers with appreciative, authoritative and critical accounts that can be drawn on to design courses or provided guided reading to the field

Discourse Theory and Practice

Author : Margaret Wetherell
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 9780761971566
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (715 download)

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Download or read book Discourse Theory and Practice written by Margaret Wetherell and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2001-05-25 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text provides specially written profiles of eight key discourse analysts, describing each one's main contribution to the field, and introducing their method of discourse analysis.

Handbook of Social Theory

Author : George Ritzer
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1847876730
Total Pages : 565 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (478 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Social Theory written by George Ritzer and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2001-01-02 with total page 565 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an indispensable resource for anyone interested in the roots, current debates and future development of social theory. It draws together a team of outstanding international scholars and presents an authoritative and panoramic critical survey of the field. The volume is divided into three parts. The first part examines the classical tradition. Included here are critical discussions of Comte, Spencer, Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Simmel, Mead, Freud, Mannheim and classical feminist thought. This part conveys the classical tradition as a living resource in social theory, it demonstrates not only the critical significance of classical writings, but their continuing relevance. The second part moves on to examine the terrain of contemporary social theory. The contributions discuss the significance and strengths and weaknesses of structural functionalism, recent Marxian theory, critical theory, symbolic interactionism, phenomenology, ethnomethodology, exchange theory, rational choice, contemporary feminism, multiculturalism, postmodernism, the thought of Foucault and Habermas, and figurational sociology. The reader gains a comprehensive and informed picture of the key issues and central figures of the day. The final part ranges over the key debates in current social theory. Questions relating to positivism, metatheorizing, cultural studies, consumption, sexualities, the body, globalism, nationalism, socialism, knowledge societies, ethics and morality, as well as post-social relations are fully discussed. The dilemmas and promise of contemporary social theory are revealed with pinpoint accuracy.

Classical and Contemporary Social Theory

Author : Tim Delaney
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1003846742
Total Pages : 727 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Classical and Contemporary Social Theory written by Tim Delaney and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-03-22 with total page 727 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition of Classical and Contemporary Social Theory provides wraparound coverage of the classical social theorists and influential sociological schools of thought in the contemporary period. Explained carefully and clearly throughout, Tim Delaney reviews the key concepts and contributions from brilliant classical social thinkers and recent sociological thought, spanning over 500 years of source material. He weaves together profiles of leading theorists, thorough descriptions of major academic and intellectual perspectives, and discussion of prevailing themes of interest that have concerned theorists and sociologists throughout time and will likely continue to do so in the future. The book emphasizes methods of investigation and application in its overview of the field by challenging readers to think about problems critically and in relation to key sociological theories and to also apply their sociological understanding to real, everyday events. In this new edition, Delaney revisits the classical period and highlights the special contributions of American social theorists and their impact on the diversity of thought leading into the contemporary era. He attends to later schools of thought and weaves in important updates related to critical race theory and globalization. With updated context and further applications, the second edition of Classical and Contemporary Social Theory is a perfect addition to combined courses in social theory.

Theory, Justice, and Social Change

Author : Christopher R. Williams
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387297685
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (872 download)

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Download or read book Theory, Justice, and Social Change written by Christopher R. Williams and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-09-22 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout history, social and intellectual crises have given rise to compelling suggestions for reform steeped in various progressive sensibilities. For example, within the discipline of criminology -- particularly during the 1980’s and 1990’s -- a number of unconventional theoretical perspectives emerged that sought to challenge many of the assumptions embedded within its own mainstream discourse, and to propose alternative solutions for meaningful, sustainable change. Conceived of as "critical" in overarching orientation, these efforts to rethink the foundations of criminological verstehen can be traced to several specific theoretical and methodological strands of inquiry (e.g., anarchism, peacemaking, chaos theory, postmodernism). Though distinct in some respects, these emerging models are linked paradigmatically by their shared discontent with conventional criminological thought and by their radicalized posture toward existing and previously unexamined epistemic crises. Collectively, this is an agenda for reform that seeks to establish a more humane and just social order, particularly as citizens and society confront the institutional and communal problems posed by crime, delinquency, and deviance. Theory, Justice, and Social Change: Theoretical Integrations and Critical Applications represents a provocative series of essays that systematically reviews or extends the role of critical social theory in fostering justice and change in several relevant, though problematic, social contexts. Mindful of the need to address both conceptual exegeses and pragmatic concerns, the articles contained in this volume grapple with the ongoing "double crisis" that confronts theory and practice in the construction of knowledge. By appropriating and integrating various insights from several heterodox and critically animated lines of inquiry, each chapter deftly exposes where and how conventional sociological and criminological thought has failed to effectively address such human social issues as homelessness, mental illness, minority rights, juvenile justice, global violence, and criminal punishment. In doing so, Theory, Justice, and Social Change provides new and much needed direction regarding theory development in the social sciences, and indicates why charting such a course of theory/action yields more enlightened prospects for justice and change in society and in our lives.

Theory and Explanation in Social Psychology

Author : Bertram Gawronski
Publisher : Guilford Publications
ISBN 13 : 1462518524
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (625 download)

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Download or read book Theory and Explanation in Social Psychology written by Bertram Gawronski and published by Guilford Publications. This book was released on 2014-12-29 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides the first authoritative explication of metatheoretical principles in the construction and evaluation of social-psychological theories. Leading international authorities review the conceptual foundations of the field’s most influential approaches, scrutinizing the range and limits of theories in various areas of inquiry. The chapters describe basic principles of logical inference, illustrate common fallacies in theoretical interpretations of empirical findings, and outline the unique contributions of different levels of analysis. An in-depth look at the philosophical foundations of theorizing in social psychology, the book will be of interest to any scholar or student interested in scientific explanations of social behavior.