{"product_id":"sociological-theory-9780761985570","title":"Sociological Theory","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book connects theorists and their work to larger themes and ideas. All too often  in the opinion of the authors  theory texts focus too much on individual theorists and insufficiently on the relationship between their theories  and how these have contributed  in turn  to the evolution of ideas concerning social life. Treatment of individual theories and theorists is balanced with the development of key themes; ideas about social life (introduced in Chapter 1) which then reappear in the discussion of individual theorists and their work. A key organizing principle of this text is to trace major schools of thought over the past 150 years as they appear and reappear in different chapters. Section 1 introductions help remind students of the \"big picture\" within which any given theory or theorist is only one part. A consistent organization and presentation within chapters helps provide students with a context for learning and a means of much more easily comparing and contrasting theorists and their ideas. Important  new voices in a text for social theory: In Chapter 2  Harriet Martineau is introduced as one of sociologys founders. From then on  the views of women theorists and others are represented in far more than token fashion. Examples include W.E.B. DuBois  Marianne Weber  Charlotte Gilman  Rosa Luxemburg  Joseph Schumpeter  V. I. Lenin  Niklas Luhmann  Theda Skocpol  Erik Wright  Elman Service  Arlie Hochschild  Dorothy Smith  Patricia Hill Collins  and Immanual Wallerstein.  A timeline showing when social theorists lived and wrote and connecting their biographies to important social events over 300 years is at the back of the text. \"The organization of every chapter along similar lines provides a consistency in presentation that encourages comparisons among the theoristsThe authors do a very good job presenting overlooked theorists and making their relevance to social theorizing \/doing sociology clear.\" --Joan Alway  formerly University of Miami \"The strengths of this text are the breadth of theories covered  the integration of gender-related topics--family  work  religion; the use of substantial quotes from primary texts; the consistent inclusion of methodological issues; and the goals of the project to provide an expansive and readable theory text. I have no doubt that it will find a solid position in the field of popular theory texts for undergraduate course use.\" --Kathleen Slobin  North Dakota State University\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651897516085,"sku":"ByrdShop_0761985573","price":194.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780761985570.jpg?v=1781844383","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/sociological-theory-9780761985570","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}