Theoretical sociology : 1830 to the present - Turner, Jonathan H. (Thousand Oaks [California] : SAGE Publications, 2013)
Theoretical sociology -- The classical period, 1830-1935 -- Auguste Comte and the emergence of sociology -- Herbert Spencer -- Karl Marx -- Max Weber -- Georg Simmel -- Émile Durkheim -- George Herbert Mead -- The classical roots of contemporary theorizing -- The modern era of theorizing -- Functional theorizing -- General systems theorizing -- Ecological theorizing -- Evolutionary theorizing -- Conflict theorizing -- Exchange theorizing -- Symbolic interactionist theorizing -- Role and status theorizing -- Dramaturgical theorizing -- Phenomenological and ethnomethodological theorizing -- Structural and structuralist theorizing -- Cultural theorizing -- Postmodern theorizing -- European critical theorizing -- American-style critical theorizing -- Elements of scientific theorizing in sociology -- Overcoming roadblocks to cumulative explanatory theory in sociology.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Sociology -- History