Kenneth Allan

Contemporary Social and Sociological Theory

Visualizing Social Worlds

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Produktbeschreibung

In the Third Edition of Ken Allan's highly-praised Contemporary Social and Sociological Theory book, sociological theories and theorists are explored using a straightforward approach and conversational, jargon-free language. Filled with examples drawn from everyday life, this edition highlights diversity in contemporary society, exploring theories of race, gender, and sexuality that address some of today's most important social concerns. Through this textbook students will learn to think theoretically and apply to their own lives.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sage Publications, Inc
• 3. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 488
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 909g
• ISBN-13: 9781412992770
• ISBN-10: 141299277X
• Artikelnr.: 36374002

Autorenporträt

Kenneth Allan received his PhD in sociology from the University of California, Riverside (1995), and is currently professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG). Before moving to UNCG, he directed the Teaching Assistant Development Program at the University of California, Riverside, and coedited Training Teaching Assistants, 2nd Edition (1997), published by the American Sociological Association. In addition to teaching classical and contemporary theory at UNCG, Allan also supervised UNCG's sociology iSchool program, which offered online introduction to sociology classes to high school students across North Carolina, has designed several online courses for both the college and department, and has regularly taught graduate pedagogy courses. Allan's research areas include theory, culture, and the self. He has authored several works in the area of theory, including multiple textbooks covering classical and contemporary theory, as well as The Meaning of Culture: Moving the Postmodern Critique Forward, and A Primer in Social and Sociological Theory: Toward a Sociology of Citizenship. His current projects include a social history of American individualism, a sociological analysis of consciousness and self, as well as a novel based in early 20th century American life.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Introductions Chapter 1: In the Beginning Was Modernity Modern Society Modern Knowledge Theory: The Key to Modern Knowledge The Classical Theorists Complexities of Contemporary Theory Summary Building Your Theory Toolbox Summary Chapter 2: Defining Moments in Twentieth-Century Theory - Talcott Parsons and the Frankfurt School Talcott Parsons: Defining Sociology The Frankfurt School: The Problem With Sociology Building Your Theory Toolbox Part II: Individuals and Situations Chapter 3: The Language of the Self - Herbert Blumer Theorist
s Digest Concepts and Theory: Emergent Meanings Concepts and Theory: Self and Action Concepts and Theory: Society and Sociology Summary Taking the Perspective: Symbolic Interactionism Building Your Theory Toolbox Chapter 4: Imaging the Self - Erving Goffman The Big Picture: Self-Image Theorist
s Digest Concepts and Theory: Impression Management Concepts and Theory: The Encounter Concepts and Theory: Frames and Keys Concepts and Theory: The Interaction Order Summary Taking the Perspective: Dramaturgy Building Your Theory Toolbox Chapter 5: Achieving Social Order - Harold Garfinkel The Big Picture: Social Constructivism Theorist
s Digest Concepts and Theory: Achieving Social Order Concepts and Theory: Reflexivity Summary Taking the Perspective: Ethnomethodology Building Your Theory Toolbox Chapter 6: Social Exchanges - George Homans, Peter Blau, and Randall Collins The Big Picture: Agency Elementary Forms of Social Behavior: George Homans Theorist
s Digest Concepts and Theory: Basic Principles of Behavioral Psychology Summary Social Exchanges and Power: Peter Blau Theorist
s Digest Concepts and Theory: Social Exchanges Concepts and Theory: Creating Power and Social Structures Summary Ritualized Exchanges: Randall Collins Theorist
s Digest Concepts and Theory: Emotion - The Generalized Concepts and Theory: Interaction Ritual Chains Concepts and Theory: Ritualizing Stratification Summary Taking the Perspective: Exchange Theory Building Your Theory Toolbox Part III: Social Structures and Systems The Big Picture: Levels of Analysis Chapter 7: Structures of Racial and Gender Inequality - William Julius Wilson and Janet Saltzman Chafetz The Big Picture: Structures The Declining Significance of Race: William Julius Wilson Theorist
s Digest Concepts and Theory: American Racial History Concepts and Theory: Policy Implications Summary Taking the Perspective: American Race Theory The Structures of Gender Inequality: Janet Saltzman Chafetz Theorist
s Digest Concepts and Theory: Coercive Structures of Gender Inequality Concepts and Theory: Micro-Level Coercive Structures Concepts and Theory: Changing Gender Inequality Summary Taking the Perspective: Feminism Building Your Theory Toolbox Chapter 8: Structuring Class - Pierre Bourdieu The Big Picture: Class Theorist
s Digest Concepts and Theory: Structuring Class Concepts and Theory: Replicating Class Concepts and Theory: Toward a New Sociology Summary Taking the Perspective: Cultural Embodiment Building Your Theory Toolbox Chapter 9: Structures of Power - Michel Foucault The Big Picture: Power Theorist
s Digest Summary Taking the Perspective: Dramaturgy Building Your Theory Toolbox Chapter 5: Achieving Social Order - Harold Garfinkel The Big Picture: Social Constructivism Theorist
s Digest Concepts and Theory: Achieving Social Order Concepts and Theory: Reflexivity Summary Taking the Perspective: Ethnomethodology Building Your Theory Toolbox Chapter 6: Social Exchanges - George Homans, Peter Blau, and Randall Collins The Big Picture: Agency Elementary Forms of Social Behavior: George Homans Theorist
s Digest Concepts and Theory: Basic Principles of Behavioral Psychology Summary Social Exchanges and Power: Peter Blau Theorist
s Digest Concepts and Theory: Social Exchanges Concepts and Theory: Creating Power and Social Structures Summary Ritualized Exchanges: Randall Collins Theorist
s Digest Concepts and Theory: Emotion - The Generalized Concepts and Theory: Interaction Ritual Chains Concepts and Theory: Ritualizing Stratification Summary Taking the Perspective: Exchange Theory Building Your Theory Toolbox Part III: Social Structures and Systems The Big Picture: Levels of Analysis Chapter 7: Structures of Racial and Gender Inequality - William Julius Wilson and Janet Saltzman Chafetz The Big Picture: Structures The Declining Significance of Race: William Julius Wilson Theorist
s Digest Concepts and Theory: American Racial History Concepts and Theory: Policy Implications Summary Taking the Perspective: American Race Theory The Structures of Gender Inequality: Janet Saltzman Chafetz Theorist
s Digest Concepts and Theory: Coercive Structures of Gender Inequality Concepts and Theory: Micro-Level Coercive Structures Concepts and Theory: Changing Gender Inequality Summary Taking the Perspective: Feminism Building Your Theory Toolbox Chapter 8: Structuring Class - Pierre Bourdieu The Big Picture: Class Theorist
s Digest Concepts and Theory: Structuring Class Concepts and Theory: Replicating Class Concepts and Theory: Toward a New Sociology Summary Taking the Perspective: Cultural Embodiment Building Your Theory Toolbox Chapter 9: Structures of Power - Michel Foucault The Big Picture: Power Theorist
s Digest Concepts and Theory: The Truth About Truth Concepts and Theory: The Practices of Power Concepts and Theory: Disciplining the Body Summary Taking the Perspective: Poststructuralism Building Your Theory Toolbox Chapter 10: World-Systems Theory - Immanuel Wallerstein The Big Picture: Globalization Theorist
s Digest Concepts and Theory: The Dialectics of Capitalism Concepts and Theory: The End of the World as We Know It Summary Taking the Perspective: World-Systems Theory Building Your Theory Toolbox Chapter 11: The Network Society - Manual Castells The Big Picture: Network Society Theorist
s Digest Concepts and Theory: Information Technology Concepts and Theory: Networks, Identities, and Democracy The Network Society and the Crisis in Democracy Summary Taking the Perspective: Society Writ Large Building Your Theory Toolbox Part IV: Modernity - Possibilities and Problems The Big Picture: Civil Society and Democracy Chapter 12: Reason and Democracy - Jürgen Habermas The Big Picture: Social Change Theorist
s Digest Concepts and Theory: Capitalism and Legitimation Concepts and Theory: The Colonization of Democracy Concepts and Theory: Hope for Democracy Summary Taking the Perspective: Critical Theory Building Your Theory Toolbox Chapter 13: Civil Society and Democracy - Jeffrey C. Alexander The Big Picture: Solidarity Theorist
s Digest Concepts and Theory: The New Civil Sphere Concepts and Theory: Civil Institutions Concepts and Theory: Civil Society Outcomes Summary Taking the Perspective: A Strong Program in Cultural Society Building Your Theory Toolbox Chapter 14: Runaway Modernity - Anthony Giddens The Big Picture: Social Ontology Theorist
s Digest Concepts and Theory: The Reality of Society Making Society and Hiding It Unconscious Motivation Concepts and Theory: The Contours of Modernity Concepts and Theory: The Experience of Modernity Summary Building Your Theory Toolbox Part V: Contemporary Political Identities The Big Picture: Politics of Identities Chapter 15: Being Black in America - Patricia Hill Collins and Cornel West The Big Picture: Epistemology Black Feminism and Intersectionality - Patricia Hill Collins Theorist
s Digest Concepts and Theory: The Standpoint of Black Women Concepts and Theory: Intersectionality and Matrices of Domination Summary Commodification of Black Experience - Cornel West Theorist
s Digest Concepts and Theory: Black Existence in America Summary Building Your Theory Toolbox Chapter 16: Text, Power, and Women - Dorothy E. Smith Theorist
s Digest Concepts and Theory: The Problem With Facts Concepts and Theory: Lived Experience and Knowing Summary Building Your Theory Toolbox Chapter 17: Exposing Sex - Judith Butler Theorist
s Digest Concepts and Theory: What
s the Matter With Bodies? Concepts and Theory: Haunting, Subversion, and Queer Politics Summary Taking the Perspective: Poststructuralism and Queer Theory Building Your Theory Toolbox