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Theory for the Working Sociologist

By Fabio Rojas

Book information

Publisher
Columbia University Press
Year
2017
ISBN
9780231543699
DOI
10.7312/roja18164
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
478 kB (489937 bytes)
Pages
208\226
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-22 23:07:55

Description

Theory for the Working Sociologist makes social theory easy to understand by revealing sociology's hidden playbook. Fabio Rojas argues that sociologists use four different types of theoretical "moves" when they try to explain the social world: they explain how groups defend their status, how people strategically pursue their goals, how values and institutions support each other, and how people create their social reality. In doing so, Rojas reveals how areas of study within sociology that at first glance seem dissimilar are, in fact, linked by shared theoretical underpinnings.

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