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The New Blackwell Companion to Social Theory
Blackwell Companions to Sociology
 1. Edition September 2008
172.- Euro
2008. 640 Pages, Hardcover
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ISBN 978-1-4051-6900-4 - John Wiley & Sons
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The New Blackwell Companion to Social Theory brings together leading scholars to provide a comprehensive guide to the principal traditions of social theory including classical sociology, the philosophy of the social sciences, functionalism, structuralism, ethnomethodology, rational choice theory, pragmatism and social interactionism, phenomenology, and conversation analysis. This volume is designed to replace the highly successful Blackwell Companion to Social Theory, which was published in its second edition in 2000. More than half of the chapters represent entirely new contributions and the remainder have been very substantially revised and updated.
From the contents
Contributors.
Introduction: A New Agenda for Social Theory?: Bryan S. Turner (National University of Singapore).
Part I: Foundations:.
1. The Foundations of Social Theory: Gerard Delanty (University of Sussex).
2. Contemporary Sociological Theory: Post-Parsonian Developments: John Holmwood (University of Birmingham).
3. Philosophy of the Social Sciences: Patrick Baert (University of Cambridge) and Fernando Rubio Dominguez (University of Cambridge).
Part II: Actions, Actors, and Systems:.
4. Theories of Social Action: Rob Stones (University of Essex).
5. Functionalism and Social Systems Theory: Giuseppe Sciortino (University of Trento).
6. Structuralism and Poststructuralism: David Chaffee (Flinders University) and Charles Lemert (Wesleyan University, CT).
7. Actor Network Theory and Material Semiotics: John Law (Lancaster University).
8. Ethnomethodology: Richard A. Hilbert (Gustavus Adolphus College).
9. Rational Choice Theory: Raymond Boudon (University of Paris--Sorbonne).
Part III: Perspectives on Social and Cultural Analysis:.
10. Pragmatism and Symbolic Interactionism: Jack Barbalet (University of Leicester).
11. Phenomenology: Michael G. Flaherty (Eckerd College).
12. Feminist Theory: Mary Evans (Gender Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science).
13. Postmodern Social Theory: Jan Pakulski (University of Tasmania).
14. Social Constructionism: Darin Weinberg (University of Cambridge).
15. Conversation Analysis and Social Theory: John Heritage (University of California, Los Angeles).
16. Globalization Theory: John Boli (Emory University) and Frank J. Lechner (Emory University).
Part IV: Sociology and the Social Sciences:.
17. Genetics and Social Theory: Oonagh Corrigan (University of Plymouth).
18. Economic Sociology: Richard Swedberg (Cornell University).
19. Cultural Sociology: Jeffrey C. Alexander (Yale University) and Isaac Reed (University of Colorado).
20. Historical Sociology: Krishan Kumar (University of Virginia).
21. The Sociology of Religion: Michele Dillon (University of New Hampshire).
22. Demography: John MacInnes (University of Edinburgh) and Julio Pérez Diaz (Spanish Council for Scientific Research).
23. Science and Technology Studies: Sophia Roosth (MIT) and Susan Silbey (Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science).
Part V: New Developments:.
24. Mobilities and Social Theory: John Urry (Lancaster University).
25. Sociological Theory and Human Rights: Two Logics, One World: Judith Blau (University of North Carolina) and Alberto Moncada (Valencia Center, UNESCO).
26. The Sociology of the Body: Bryan S. Turner (National University of Singapore).
27. Cosmopolitanism and Social Theory: Daniel Chernilo (University of Alberto Hurtado).
28. The Future of Social Theory: Stephen Turner (University of South Florida).
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