{"product_id":"contemporary-sociological-theory-isbn-9781119527244","title":"Contemporary Sociological Theory","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe new edition of the definitive undergraduate guide to contemporary sociological theory, with updated reading selections throughout\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe fourth edition of \u003ci\u003eContemporary Sociological Theory\u003c\/i\u003e offers a thorough introduction to current perspectives and approaches in sociology and social science. Covering a broad range of essential topics, this comprehensive volume provides students with the foundation necessary for understanding the theoretical underpinnings of present-day debates in the diverse field. In-depth yet accessible readings address micro-sociological analysis, symbolic interactionism, network theory, phenomenology, critical theory, structuralism, feminist theory, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis classic text is fully revised to incorporate the most representative and up-to-date material, including new readings addressing debates on gender, power, and inequality. New editorial introductions clarify and contextualize the selected readings, while up-to-date examples highlight connections to today’s theoretical discussions. This authoritative survey of contemporary sociological theory:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents substantial primary source texts with detailed introductions, rather than brief excerpts and basic overviews\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines the sociological theories of Foucault, Giddens, Bourdieu, and Habermas\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses debates over modernity and postmodernity, crisis and change, and race and difference\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides historical and intellectual perspective to each selected reading in the book\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes extensive references to further readings and resources\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eContemporary Sociological Theory\u003c\/i\u003e, Fourth Edition provides the depth of coverage students require for undergraduate courses in social and sociological theory as well as courses in wider social science programs such as human geography, anthropology, criminology, and urban studies. In combination with its complement \u003ci\u003eClassical Sociological Theory\u003c\/i\u003e, Fourth Edition, \u003ci\u003eContemporary Sociological Theory\u003c\/i\u003e remains the most complete overview of sociological theory available.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on the Editors ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeneral Introduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Symbolic Action 27\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Part I 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life (from \u003ci\u003eThe Presentation of Self in Everyday Life\u003c\/i\u003e) 36\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eErving Goffman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Symbolic Interactionism (from \u003ci\u003eSymbolic Interactionism: Perspective and Method\u003c\/i\u003e) 51\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHerbert Blumer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Interaction Ritual Chains (from \u003ci\u003eInteraction Ritual Chains\u003c\/i\u003e) 62\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRandall Collins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Structure and Agency 77\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Part II 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 A Theory of Group Solidarity (from \u003ci\u003ePrinciples of Group Solidarity\u003c\/i\u003e) 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Hechter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Metatheory: Explanation in Social Science (from \u003ci\u003eFoundations of Social Theory\u003c\/i\u003e) 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames S. Coleman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Catnets (from \u003ci\u003eNotes on the Constituents of Social Structure\u003c\/i\u003e) 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHarrison White\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Some New Rules of Sociological Method (from \u003ci\u003eNew Rules For Sociological Method\u003c\/i\u003e) 123\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnthony Giddens\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Institutions 129\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Part III 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Economic Embeddedness 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMark Granovetter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The Iron Cage Revisited 145\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul J. DiMaggio and Walter W. Powell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Power and Inequality 161\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Part IV 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 The Power Elite (from \u003ci\u003eThe Power Elite\u003c\/i\u003e) 172\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eC. Wright Mills\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Durable Inequality (from \u003ci\u003eDurable Inequality\u003c\/i\u003e) 179\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCharles Tilly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Power: A Radical View (from \u003ci\u003ePower: A Radical View\u003c\/i\u003e) 186\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteven Lukes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Societies as Organized Power Networks (from \u003ci\u003eThe Sources of Social Power, Vol I. A History of Power from the Beginning to A.D. 1760\u003c\/i\u003e) 196\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Mann\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V The Sociological Theory of Michel Foucault 213\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Part V 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 The History of Sexuality (from \u003ci\u003eThe History of Sexuality, Vol I: An Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e) 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichel Foucault\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Discipline and Punish (from \u003ci\u003eDiscipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison\u003c\/i\u003e) 229\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichel Foucault\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI The Sociological theory of Pierre Bourdieu 237\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Part VI 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Social Space and Symbolic Space (from \u003ci\u003e“Social Space and Symbolic Space: Introduction to a Japanese Reading of Distinction”\u003c\/i\u003e) 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePierre Bourdieu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Structures, Habitus, Practices (from \u003ci\u003eThe Logic of Practice\u003c\/i\u003e) 257\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePierre Bourdieu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 The Field of Cultural Production, or: The Economic World Reversed 270\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePierre Bourdieu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Rethinking the State: Genesis and Structure of the Bureaucratic Field (from \u003ci\u003eRethinking the State: Genesis and Structure of the Bureaucratic Field\u003c\/i\u003e) 286\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePierre Bourdieu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VII Race, Gender, and Intersectionality 297\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Part VII 299\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 The Theory of Racial Formation (from \u003ci\u003eRacial Formation in the United States\u003c\/i\u003e) 308\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Omi and Howard Winant\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Intellectual Schools and the Atlanta School (from \u003ci\u003eThe Scholar Denied: W.E.B. Du Bois and the Birth of Modern Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e) 318\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAldon D. Morris\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 The Paradoxes of Integration (from \u003ci\u003eThe Ordeal of Integration: Progress and Resentment in Americas “Racial” Crisis\u003c\/i\u003e) 329\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOrlando Patterson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 The Conceptual Practices of Power (from \u003ci\u003eThe Conceptual Practices of Power: A Feminist Sociology of Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e) 337\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDorothy E. Smith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Black Feminist Epistemology (from \u003ci\u003eBlack Feminist Thought: Knowledge Consciousness and the Politics of Empowerment\u003c\/i\u003e) 345\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePatricia Hill Collins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex 354\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKimberle Crenshaw\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Practicing Intersectionality in Sociological Research 363\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHae Yeon Choo and Myra Marx Ferree\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 The Politics of Erased Migrations 373\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRocio R. Garcia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VIII The Sociological Theory of Jürgen Habermas 385\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Part VIII 387\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Modernity: An Unfinished Project (from \u003ci\u003eHabermas and the Unfinished Project of Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e) 395\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJürgen Habermas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 The Rationalization of the Lifeworld (from \u003ci\u003eThe Theory of Communicative Action Volume 2: Lifeworld and System: A Critique of Functionalist Reason\u003c\/i\u003e) 401\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJürgen Habermas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Civil Society and the Political Public Sphere (from \u003ci\u003eBetween Facts and Norms: Contribution to a Discourse Theory of Law and Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e) 417\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJürgen Habermas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IX Modernity 431\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Part IX 433\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 The Social Constraint towards Self-Constraint (from \u003ci\u003eThe Civilizing Process: The History of Manners and State Formation and Civilization\u003c\/i\u003e) 439\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNorbert Elias\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 We Have Never Been Modern (from \u003ci\u003eWe Have Never Been Modern\u003c\/i\u003e) 449\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBruno Latour\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 The Civil Sphere (from \u003ci\u003eThe Civil Sphere\u003c\/i\u003e) 462\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJeffrey C. Alexander\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 Addressing Recognition Gaps: Destigmatization and the Reduction of Inequality (from \u003ci\u003eAmerican Sociological Review\u003c\/i\u003e) 472\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichèle Lamont\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart X Crisis and Change 487\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Part X 489\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 The Modern World-System in Crisis (from \u003ci\u003eWorld-Systems Analysis: An Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e) 498\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eImmanuel Wallerstein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 Conceptualizing Simultaneity 510\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeggy Levitt and Nina Glick Schiller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37 Nationalism (from Nationalism) 519\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCraig Calhoun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38 The End May Be Nigh, But For Whom? (from \u003ci\u003eDoes Capitalism Have a Future?\u003c\/i\u003e) 529\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Mann\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 544\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCraig Calhoun \u003c\/b\u003eis University Professor of Social Sciences at Arizona State University, USA and former Director of the London School of Economics and President of the Social Science Research Council.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoseph Gerteis \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Sociology and co-Director of the American Mosaic Project at the University of Minnesota, USA. His research focuses on race, ethnicity, and political culture. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Moody \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Sociology at Duke University, USA, and Director of the Duke Network Analysis Center. His work focuses on the network foundations of social cohesion and diffusion. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSteven Pfaff \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Sociology at the University of Washington, USA. His research focuses on religion, politics and social change. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIndermohan Virk\u003c\/b\u003e is Executive Director of the Patten Foundation and the Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions at Indiana University Bloomington, USA.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCONTEMPORARY SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eContemporary Sociological Theory \u003c\/i\u003eprovides a definitive guide to current theoretical perspectives for sociology and the wider social sciences. This updated anthology, now in its fourth edition, includes thematic sections on symbolic interactionism, institutions, power, inequality and modernity as well as debates on contemporary social crises and structuralism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe new edition encompasses some of the deepest selections available on key contemporary authors such as Foucault, Habermas, and Bourdieu, and it is fully revised with extensive additions on issues of race, gender, difference and??intersectionality, and lively new introductory material throughout. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith extensive references to further readings and resources, \u003ci\u003eContemporary Sociological Theory, Fourth Edition\u003c\/i\u003e is an invaluable primary text for undergraduate courses in social and sociological theory, and an excellent supplement for courses in wider social sciences programs including human geography, anthropology, criminology, and urban studies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988983890149,"sku":"NP9781119527244","price":38.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781119527244.jpg?v=1761782313","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/contemporary-sociological-theory-isbn-9781119527244","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}