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Contemporary Sociological Theory, 3rd Edition

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ISBN: 978-0-470-65566-5

January 2012

Wiley-Blackwell

640 pages

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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
About the Author
Craig Calhoun is University Professor and Professor of Sociology and History at New York University, and President of the Social Science Research Council.

Joseph Gerteis is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.

James Moody is Associate Professor of Sociology at Duke University, North Carolina.

Steven Pfaff is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Washington.

Indermohan Virk is Visiting Lecturer in Sociology at Indiana University, Bloomington.

New to Edition
  • A new section for this edition opens up the debate on power and inequality
Features
  • 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