Sociological Theory

671 Pages·2001·38.693 MB·English

by  Bert N. Adams, R. A. Sydie

Sociological Theory
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Sociological Theory
Bert N.Adams
University of Wisconsin
R.A.Sydie
University of Alberta
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Adams, Bert N.
Sociological theory / Bert N. Adams and R. A. Sydie.
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1. Sociology. I. Sydie, R. A. (Rosalind Ann), 1940- II. Title.
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About the Authors
Bert N. Adams (Ph.D., University of North Carolina) has taught sociologi-
cal theory extensively, both in East Africa and at the University of Wisconsin-
Madison. He has published on consensus and coercion theories and on the
importance of classical theory to a degree in sociology. He also teaches and
writes on the sociology of the family. He and his co-author, R. A. Sydie, have
written a paper on C. P. Gilman and Beatrice Webb, which was published in
Sociological Origins in October 2000.
R. A. Sydie has been professor of sociology at the University of Alberta in
Edmonton for the past 30 years and is the current chair of the department
of sociology. Her research interests include sociological theory, art and cul-
ture, and gender studies. Professor Sydie is the author of Natural Women,
Cultured Men. Her latest research project involves a historical examination of
sociological work on love and eroticism.
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Brief Contents
Preface xxiii
A Note to Students xxix
Section I The European Roots of Sociological Theory 1
1 The Origins of Sociological Theory 3
2 Theorizing After the French Revolution I Saint-Simon,
Comte, and Martineau 32
Section II Conservative Theories 59
3 Evolutionism and Functionalism I Spencer and Sumner 61
4 Society as Sui Generis I Durkheim 90
Section III Radical Theory 119
5 Radical Anticapitalism I Marx and Engels 121
6 Marxism Extended I Lenin and Luxemburg 145
Section IV Sociological Theories of Complexity and Form 167
7 Social Action and Societal Complexity I Max Weber and
Marianne Weber 169
8 The Sociology of Form and Content I Simmel 197
Section V Sociological Theories of Politics and Economics 223
9 Political Sociological Theories I Pareto and Michels 225
10 Economic Sociological Theories I Veblen and Schumpeter 245
Section VI Other Voices in Sociological Theorizing 265
11 Society and Gender I Gilman and Webb 267
12 Sociological Theory and Race I Du Bois 291
13 Society, Self, and Mind I Cooley, Mead, and Freud 310
Section VII Twentieth-Century Functionalism and Beyond 343
14 Twentieth-Century Functionalism I Parsons and Merton 345
15 Systems, Structuration, and Modernity I Luhmann
and Giddens 369
Section VIM Criticism, Marxism, and Change 393
16 Critical Theory I The Frankfurt School and Habermas 395
17 Marxism Since 1930 I Poulantzas, Althusser, Dunayevskaya,
and Wright 425
18 Sociocultural Change: Evolution, World System, and Revolution I
Service, Wallerstein, and Skocpol 448
Section IX Transitions and Challenges 477
19 Mid-Twentieth-Century Sociology 479
20 Symbolic Interactionism I Blumer, Goffman, and Hochschild 502
21 Rational Choice and Exchange I Coleman 526
22 Feminist Sociological Theory I Smith and Collins 544
23 Knowledge, Truth, and Power I Foucault and
Feminist Responses 574
24 Final Thoughts on Sociological Theorizing 600
Credits 611
Index Index-1
IX