Sociological Theory

About this book

The authors are proud sponsors of the SAGE Keith Roberts Teaching Innovations Awardenabling graduate students and early career faculty to attend the annual ASA pre-conference teaching and learning workshop. Sociological Theory gives readers a comprehensive overview of the major theorists and schools of sociological thought from sociologys 19th century origins through the early 21st century. Written by an author team that includes one of the leading contemporary thinkers the text integrates key theories with biographical sketches of theorists placing them in historical and intellectual context. The Eleventh Edition includes examples of premodern sociological theory from Islamic scholar Ibn Khaldun Harriet Martineaus feminist writings contextualized within the history of sociological thought discussions of actor-network theory through Donna Haraways work on cyborgs and companion species illustrations of historical comparative sociology with Saskia Sassens concepts of the global city and expulsions and more ways to help students to understand sociologys major theories. Included with this title: The password-protected Instructor Resource Site (formally known as SAGE Edge) offers access to all text-specific resources including a test bank and editable chapter-specific PowerPoint slides.