
Introduction to Sociological Theory
Theorists, Concepts, and their Applicability to the Twenty-First Century
Michele Dillon(Author)
Wiley-Blackwell (Publisher)
3rd Edition
Published on 27. September 2019
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544 pages
978-1-119-41091-1 (ISBN)
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The revised third edition of the text that combines classical and contemporary theories of sociological theory
Thoroughly revised and updated, the third edition of an Introduction to Sociological Theory offers an in-depth introduction to classical and contemporary theories, and demonstrates their relevance to offer a clear understanding of a broad range of contemporary issues and topics. As with the previous editions, the text continues to combine carefully selected primary quotations from a broad range of theorists with extensive discussion and illustrative examples from a diverse range of countries, helpful timelines of important and thematically relevant events, biographical notes, contemporary topic boxes, analytical photos, and chapter glossaries.
The text addresses topics such as the persistence of economic and social inequality, Brexit, post-truth society, same-sex marriage, digital surveillance and the on-demand gig economy. Written in an engaging style, Introduction to Sociological Theory offers a comprehensive introduction to the pluralistic breadth and wide-ranging applicability of sociological theory. This updated edition of the authoritative text:
* Contains both classical and contemporary theories in a single text
* Builds on excerpts from original theoretical writings with detailed discussion of the concepts and ideas under review
* Includes new examples of current empirical topics such as Brexit, Donald Trump's presidency, China's growing economic power, global warming, intersectionality, social media, and much more
* Offers additional resources including a website that contains multiple choice and essay questions, a thoroughly refreshed set of PowerPoint slides for each chapter with multimedia links to content illustrative of sociological processes, a list of complementary primary readings, a quotation bank, and other background materials
Written for undergraduate courses in contemporary and classical sociological theory, the third edition of an Introduction to Sociological Theory continues to provide a comprehensive, in-depth, and empirically engaging, introduction to sociological theory.
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3. Auflage
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English
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Hoboken
United States
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd
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Professional and scholarly
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Height: 251 mm
Width: 204 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
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1312 gr
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978-1-119-41091-1 (9781119410911)
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Michele Dillon, PhD, is Professor of Sociology at the University of New Hampshire and has many years of experience teaching sociological theory to undergraduate and graduate students. She has authored five books on religion and social change, many articles and book chapters and is the editor of a handbook.
Content
List of Boxed Features xi
List of Analytical Photos xv
Acknowledgments xvii
How to Use This Book xix
Introduction: Sociological Theory: A Vibrant Living Tradition 1
Analyzing Social Life 4
Societal Transformation and the Origins of Sociology 12
The Establishment of Sociology as Science: Auguste Comte and Harriet Martineau 17
Social Inequality and Contextual Standpoints: DuBois, De Tocqueville, Martineau 22
Summary 26
Points to Remember 26
Glossary 27
Questions for Review 28
1 Karl Marx 31
Expansion of Capitalism 34
Marx's Theory of History 37
Human Nature 41
Capitalism as a Distinctive Social Form 43
Wage-Labor 50
The Division of Labor and Alienation 52
Economic Inequality 59
Ideology and Power 63
Summary 70
Points to Remember 71
Glossary 71
Questions for Review 73
2 Emile Durkheim 77
Durkheim's Methodological Rules 80
The Nature of Society 84
Societal Transformation and Social Cohesion 89
Traditional Society 89
Modern Society 92
Social Conditions of Suicide 98
Religion and the Sacred 107
Summary 111
Points to Remember 112
Glossary 113
Questions for Review 114
3 Max Weber 117
Sociology: Understanding Social Action 121
Culture and Economic Activity 121
Ideal Types 128
Social Action 129
Power, Authority, and Domination 135
Social Stratification 143
Modernity and Competing Values 147
Summary 149
Points to Remember 149
Glossary 151
Questions for Review 152
4 American Classics: The Chicago School; Talcott Parsons; and Robert Merton 155
The Chicago School of Sociology
Talcott Parsons 156
The Social System 159
Socialization and Societal Integration 162
Social Differentiation, Culture, and the Secularization of Protestantism 163
Pattern Variables 166
Modernization Theory 171
Stratification and Inequality 173
Robert Merton 175
Summary 181
Points to Remember 182
Glossary 183
Questions for Review 184
5 Critical Theory: Technology, Culture, and Politics 187
The Societal Critique of Horkheimer, Adorno, and Marcuse 191
Dialectic of Enlightenment 196
Mass Culture and Consumption 201
Politics: Uniformity and Control 208
Jürgen Habermas: The State and the Public Sphere 211
Summary 216
Points to Remember 217
Glossary 218
Questions for Review 219
6 Conflict, Power, and Dependency in Macro-Societal Processes 221
Ralf Dahrendorf's Theory of Group Conflict 222
C. Wright Mills: Class and Power 228
Dependency Theory: Gunder Frank's and Cardoso's Neo-Marxist Critiques of Economic Development 233
Summary 240
Points to Remember 240
Glossary 241
Questions for Review 242
7 Exchange, Exchange Network, and Rational Choice Theories 245
Exchange Theory: George Homans and Peter Blau 246
Exchange Network Theory: Richard Emerson, Karen Cook, Mark Granovetter 252
Actor-Network Theory (ANT): Bruno Latour 257
Rational Choice Theory and its Critique: James Coleman, Gary Becker, Paula England 260
Analytical Marxism 265
Summary 266
Points to Remember 267
Glossary 268
Questions for Review 269
8 Symbolic Interactionism 273
Development of the Self through Social Interaction: G.H. Mead & C.H. Cooley 274
The Premises of Symbolic Interactionism: Herbert Blumer 279
Erving Goffman: Society as Ritualized Social Interaction 281
Symbolic Interactionism and Ethnographic Research 294
Summary 295
Points to Remember 295
Glossary 296
Questions for Review 297
9 Phenomenology and Ethnomethodology 301
Phenomenology: Alfred Schutz, Peter Berger & Thomas Luckmann 302
Ethnomethodology: Harold Garfinkel
Gender as an Accomplished Reality: Candace West & Don Zimmerman 313
Summary 321
Points to Remember 321
Glossary 322
Questions for Review 323
10 Feminist Theories 327
Consciousness of Women's Inequality: Charlotte Perkins Gilman 330
Standpoint Theory: Dorothy Smith and the Relations of Ruling 333
Masculinities: R.W. Connell 344
Patricia Hill Collins: Black Women's Standpoint 346
Sociology of Emotion 354
Arlie Hochschild: Emotional Labor 355
Summary 362
Points to Remember 363
Glossary 364
Questions for Review 365
11 Sex, Bodies, Truth, and Power: Michel Foucault, Steven Seidman, and Queer Theory 369
Disciplining the Body 370
Sexuality and Queer Theory 380
Summary 388
Points to Remember 388
Glossary 389
Questions for Review 390
12 Postcolonial Theories and Race 393
Racial Otherness: Edward Said, Frantz Fanon 395
New Directions in the Sociology of Colonialism: R.W. Connell Race and Racism Cultural Histories and Postcolonial Identities: Stuart Hall 400
Race and Class: William J. Wilson, Cornell West 411
Race, Community, and Democracy 413
Culture and the New Racism: Paul Gilroy 419
Summary 422
Points to Remember 423
Glossary 424
Questions for Review 425
13 Pierre Bourdieu: Class, Culture, and the Social Reproduction of Inequality 427
Social Stratification 429
Family and School in the Production of Cultural Capital 433
Taste and Everyday Practices 438
Summary 447
Points to Remember 448
Glossary 448
Questions for Review 449
14 Economic and Political Globalization: Wallerstein, Sklair, Giddens, Sassen, Bauman 451
What is Globalization? 456
Economic Globalization 457
Immanuel Wallerstein: The Modern World-System 458
Contemporary Globalizing Economic Processes 464
Globalizing Political Processes: The Changing Authority of the Nation-State 472
Migration and Political Mobilization in a Transnational World 478
Summary 485
Points to Remember 486
Glossary 487
Questions for Review 488
15 Modernities, Risk, Cosmopolitanism, and Global Consumer Culture 491
Jurgen Habermas: Contrite Modernity 493
S. N. Eisenstadt: Multiple Modernities 495
Ulrich Beck: Global Risk Society 499
Cosmopolitan Modernity 501
The Global Expansion of Human Rights 505
Global Consumer Culture 508
Jean Baudrillard: The Aestheticization of Reality
Anthony Giddens: Disembeddedness and Dilemmas of the Self 515
Summary 516
Points to Remember 517
Glossary 518
Questions for Review 519
Glossary 521
Sociological Theorists and Select Key Writings 541
Index 545