Contemporary Sociological Theory

• Author(s): Craig Calhoun, Joseph Gerteis, James Moody, Steven Pfaff, Indermohan Virk,
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Pages: 640
• ISBN_10: 0470655666
  ISBN_13: 9780470655665
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Social Science / Sociology / Social Theory , Social Science / Sociology / General ,

Description:... This comprehensive collection of contemporary sociological theory is the definitive guide to current perspectives and approaches in the field, examining key topics and debates in the field.

• Collects the most representative material available on topics such as symbolic interactionism, phenomenology, structuralism, network theory, critical theory, feminist theory, and the debates over modernity and postmodernity
• Includes examinations of the work of Foucault, Giddens, and Bourdieu
• A new section for this edition opens up the debate on power and inequality
• Thematically organized