David Cheal

Dimensions of Sociological Theory (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

There are many differences of opinion between sociologists about how best to investigate social issues and about the quality of the answers that different questions produce. This book looks at a range of sociological theories from the last 200 years, taking a thematic approach that helps students to better integrate the material and to understand the significance of the individual theorists. With illustrations from the work of John Stuart Mill, Emile Durkheim, Talcott Parsons, Karl Marx, Karl Mannheim, Michel Foucault, Anthony Giddens and Erving Goffman, this book provides an accessible and comprehensive guide for introductory students of sociology and social theory.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. September 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137099037
• Artikelnr.: 54788299

Autorenporträt

DAVID CHEAL is Professor of Sociology at the University of Winnipeg, Canada.

DAVID CHEAL is Professor of Sociology, University of Winnipeg. Among his earlier publications are The Gift Economy (1988) and Family and the State of Theory (1991).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
Dimension One: Units of Analysis
The Individual vs Social Facts
Interaction and the Return of Reductionism
Dimension Two: Modes of Explanation
Explaining Social Life
Dimension Three: Key Factors
Key Factors of Social Evolution
Dimension Four: Sociological Knowledge
Sociology and Ideology
Dimension Five: Structure and Agency
Social Structure and Its Alternatives
New Ideas on Structure and Agency
Conclusion
References.