About the Book
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Contents
Part 1: Classical Sociological Theory
1. A Historical Sketch of Sociological Theory: The Early Years
2. Karl Marx
3. Emile Durkheim
4. Max Weber
5. Georg Simmel
Part 2: Modern Sociological Theory: The Major Schools
6. A Historical Sketch of Sociological Theory: The Later Years
7. Structural Functionalism, Neofunctionalism, and Conflict Theory
8. Varieties of Neo-Marxian Theory
9. Systems Theory
10. Symbolic Interactionism
11. Ethnomethodology
12. Exchange, Network, and Rational Choice Theories
13. Contemporary Feminist Theory
Part 3: Recent Integrative Developments in Sociological Theory
14. Micro-Macro Integration
15. Agency-Structure Integration
Part 4: From Modern to Postmodern Social Theory and Beyond
16. Contemporary Theories of Modernity
17. Structuralism, Poststructuralism, and the Emergence of Postmodern Social Theory
About the Author / Editor
George Ritzer is Distinguished University Professor Emeritus at the University of Maryland, where he has been a Distinguished Scholar-Teacher and won a Teaching Excellence award by the American Sociological Association, and in 2004, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by LaTrobe University, Australia.
