Social Theory, Roots and Branches: Readings - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195332431 ISBN 13: 9780195332438

Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr, 2007

Synopsis

The third edition of Peter Kivisto's comprehensive collection of student-accessible, primary-source readings provides students an opportunity to experience "first-hand" a broad range of orientations shaping sociological theory today.

Its seminal writings from key theorists were selected for their high degree of relevance and accessibility to undergraduates. The readings help students make the connection across schools of thought-revealing that theories are always aboutsomething--as well as demonstrating the roles theories play in interpreting our social world.

Brief, thought-provoking introductions frame each article in a larger context and alert students to key points. These introductions serve as a useful "road map" as students travel through the diverse views and continuing debates that make the study of social theory an exciting adventure. These introductions also identify and explain central issues and relationships among the topics covered.

About this title

Synopsis

This comprehensive collection of student-accessible, primary-source readings in contemporary and classical theory represents a broad range of theoretical orientations shaping sociology today. Dr. Peter Kivisto's new selections include: a selection by Harriet Martineau, a neglected figure from the classical period; Richard Emerson's seminal essay on power-dependence relations; a new essay by Erving Goffman on dramaturgical sociology; Immanuel Wallerstein on world-system theory; Ulrich Beck on the advent of risk society; Alain Touraine on the shifting salience of citizenship in modern democracies; Manuel Castells on the rise of network society; and Bryan Turner on the theoretical contours of a sociology of the body.

Benefits of "Social Theory: Roots And Branches, Second Edition" to students and instructors are as follows: the book offers students an opportunity to experience "first-hand" the seminal writings of important theorists who have profoundly influenced the ways in which sociologists attempt to make sense of our social world; articles were selected for their high degree of relevance and accessibility to undergraduates; and these readings help students make connections across schools of thought - revealing that theories are always about something - as well as demonstrating the roles theories play in interpreting many facets of our social world. Dr. Kivisto features separate sections entitled Neglected Voices and Voices From Outside the Discipline. This reader offers articles longer than those offered in many other anthologies. Brief, thought-provoking introductions frame each article in a larger context and alert students to key points. These introductions serve as useful "road maps" as students travel through the diverse views and continuing debates that make the study of theory an exciting adventure.

These introductions also identify and explain central issues and relationships among the topics covered.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195332431
• ISBN 13: 9780195332438
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 576
• Editor: Kivisto Peter