Dimensions of sociological theory

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Title:

Author:

Cheal, David, 1945-

ISBN:

9781403943057

9781403943064

Personal Author:

Cheal, David, 1945-

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication Information:

Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.

Physical Description:

x, 195 p. ; 24 cm.

General Note:

Formerly CIP.

Contents:

Dimension 1. Units of analysis -- 1. The individual vs social facts -- 2. Interaction and the return of reductionism -- Dimension 2. Modes of explanation -- 3. Explaining social life -- Dimension 3. Key factors -- 4. Key factors of social evolution -- Dimension 4. Sociological knowledge -- 5. Sociology and ideology -- Dimension 5. Structure and agency -- 6. Social structure and its alternatives -- 7. New ideas on structure and agency.

Subject Term:

Sociology.

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Summary

There are many differences of opinion between sociologists about how best to investigate social issues and about the quality of the answers that different questions produce. This book looks at a range of sociological theories from the last two hundred years, taking a thematic approach that helps students to better integrate the material and to understand the significance of the individual theorists. With illustrations from the work of John Stuart Mill, Emile Durkheim, Talcott Parsons, Karl Marx, Karl Mannheim, Michel Foucault, Anthony Giddens and Erving Goffman, this book provides an accessible and comprehensive guide for introductory students of sociology and social theory.