Nicos Mouzelis

Sociological Theory

What went Wrong?: Diagnosis and Remedies

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Produktbeschreibung

Written with precision and clarity, this is a compelling analysis of the central problems of sociological theory today and of the means to resolve them. Argues that we should build on ideas from the 50s and 60s, and not dismiss them.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Juli 1995
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 422g
• ISBN-13: 9780415127202
• ISBN-10: 0415127203
• Artikelnr.: 21817347

Autorenporträt

Nicos Mouzelis is Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics.

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION 1 Theory as tool and theory as end-product 2 The rise and fall
of modem sociological theory 3 Conceptual pragmatism Part I Diagnosis 1
IMPASSES OF MICRO-SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIZING: OVERREACTION TO PARSONS 2
RATIONAL-CHOICE THEORIES: FROM MICRO FOUNDATIONS TO REDUCTIONISM 3
POST-STRUCTURALISM: THE DEMISE OF BOUNDARIES Part II Tentative Remedies 4
INSTITUTIONAL AND FIGURATIONAL STRUCTURES: PARSONS AND ELIAS 5 ON THE
ARTICULATION BETWEEN INSTITUTIONAL AND FIGURATIONAL STRUCTURES: BRINGING
PARSONIAN AND MARXIST SOCIOLOGIES CLOSER TOGETHER 6 THE 'PARTICIPANT-SOCIAL
WHOLE' ISSUE: PARSONS, BOURDIEU, GIDDENS 7 SYNTHESIS AND APPLICATION: A
SOCIOLOGICAL RECONSIDERATION OF FUNCTIONALISM CONCLUSION Appendix to the
Conclusion: tentative guidelines