Contemporary sociological thinkers and theories / Sandro Segre.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Segre, Sandro, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology--History.

Sociology.

Sociologists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (391 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Farnham, Surrey, United Kingdom ; Burlington, Vermont : Ashgate Publishing, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this volume Sandro Segre provides a comprehensive overview of the major theoretical perspectives in contemporary sociology. The perspectives are divided into four sections: Interpretative Sociology; Structuralist Sociology; Micro and Macrosociological Perspectives; and Historical and Philosophical Perspectives. An introduction to each section provides a detailed overview of the key concepts and figures who contributed to the perspectives. An analysis of their reception in the secondary literature and a balanced evaluation of each perspective derived from extant critical literature are also

Contents:

The neofunctionalism of Jeffrey Alexander

Pierre Bourdieu

Ethnomethodology

Exchange theory

Michel Foucault

Anthony Giddens

Erving Goffman

Jürgen Habermas

Niklas Luhmann

Robert K. Merton

Network and social capital theory

Talcott Parsons

Rational choice theory

The phenomenological perspective of Alfred Schutz

Structuralism in sociology and other social sciences

Symbolic interactionism.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-138-32294-6

1-317-16051-7

1-315-57394-6

1-317-16050-9

0-7546-9138-1

9781315573946

OCLC:

892245692