Rethinking contemporary social theory / Roberta Garner, Black Hawk Hancock, and Grace Budrys.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Garner, Roberta.

Contributor:

Hancock, Black Hawk, 1971-

Budrys, Grace, 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology.

Physical Description:

vii, 236, G-19, R-21, S-7, I-14, A-3 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First Edition.

Place of Publication:

Boulder : Paradigm Publishers, 2013.

Summary:

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: A lucid textbook that makes sense of and interrelates the diverse dimensions of contemporary social theory, The authors show the application of conflict constructionism in ten fields, from gender to globalism to the sociology of family and health, Extensive glossary of terms, theories, and theorists Book jacket.

Contents:

Paradigms

Paradigms in sociology

Conflict constructionism : elements of the paradigm

History of a paradigm

Paradigm change in selected subfields

Deep impact : the new paradigm becomes dominant

Difference and dominance : race-ethnicity and gender

Culture in an era of globalization (Soltero)

The media in the information age : surface intensities and total symbolic environments

Sociology of the self : from personality to persona

Paradigms in play

Political sociology and the analysis of collective action : old and new in harmony

Urban sociology and spatial analysis : paradigms in co-existence

Disruptions in the field formerly known as sociology of deviance (scott and thompson)

Paradigm limited

Social class and socio-economic inequality

Contemporary theories of family life (medina runnfeldt and artis)

(chapter thirteen) the sociology of health, illness, and medical practice: paradigms reconstituted in a trans-disciplinary field (budrys)

Conclusion

References

Reading suggestions

Charts / by Dan Causton

Origins and elements of conflict constructionism

Conflict constructionism as an anti-paradigm to structural-functionalism.

Notes:

Separate page counts for the glossary, references, suggested readings, index, and author/contributor information.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781612052595

1612052592

9781612052601

1612052606

OCLC:

793581487