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The new Blackwell companion to social theory

"The New Blackwell Companion to Social provides a comprehensive guide to the principal traditions of social theory, while also exploring critical contemporary issues and engaging sociology with other major areas of the social sciences." "Bringing together leading scholars from various...

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Corporate Authors: Wiley InterScience Online service
Group Author: Turner, Bryan S
Published:
Literature type: Electronic eBook
Language: English
Series: Blackwell companions to sociology
Subjects:
Social sciences > Philosophy
Sociology > Philosophy
Sociologie
Theorieën
Social sciences
Electronic books
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Online Access: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781444304992
Summary: "The New Blackwell Companion to Social provides a comprehensive guide to the principal traditions of social theory, while also exploring critical contemporary issues and engaging sociology with other major areas of the social sciences." "Bringing together leading scholars from various branches of social theory, this authoritative new collection covers areas from classical sociology to actor network theory, and from structuralism to the sociology of the body. It also emphasizes certain key areas of sociology which have had an important impact in shaping the discipline as a whole, such as femi
Item Description: Rev. ed. of: The Blackwell companion to social theory. 2nd ed. 2000.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xvii, 618 p.)
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781444304992
1444304992
144430500X (e-book)
9781444305005 (e-book)
Access: Electronic version available only to subscribers.
Index Number: H61
CLC: C91-02
Contents: Introduction: A new agenda for social theory? / Bryan S. Turner -- Part I. Foundations. The foundations of social theory / Gerard Delanty -- Contemporary sociological theory : post-Parsonian developments / John Holmwood -- Philosophy of the social sciences / Patrick Baert and Fernando Domínguez Rubio -- Part II. Actions, actors, and systems. Theories of social action / Rob Stones -- Functionalism and social systems theory / Giuseppe Sciortino -- Structuralism and poststructuralism / Daniel Chaffee and Charles Lemert -- Actor network theory and material semiotics / John Law -- Ethnomethodol

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