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Handbook of Sociological Theory

By Jonathan H. Turner (ed.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
2001
ISBN
978-0-387-32458-6, 978-0-387-36274-8
DOI
10.1007/0-387-36274-6
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
12 MB (12401851 bytes)
Series
Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research
Edition
1st
Pages
745\731
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-21 07:57:04
Political Science; Sociology

Description

Sociology is experiencing what can only be described as hyperdifferentiation of theories - there are now many approaches competing for attention in the intellectual arena . From this perspective, we should see a weeding out of theories to a small number, but this is not likely to occur because each of the many theoretical perspectives has a resource base of adherents. As a result, theories in sociology do not compete head on with each other as much as they coexist. This seminal reference work was brought together with an eye to capturing the diversity of theoretical activity in sociology - specifically the forefront of theory. Contributors describe what they themselves are doing right now rather than what others have done in the past. The goal of this volume is to allow prominent theorists working in a variety of traditions - who wouldn't usually come together - to review their work. The chapters in this volume represent a mix of theoretical orientations and strategies, but these these theories are diverse and represent the prominent theoretical discussions in sociology today.

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