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Social theory : central issues in sociology / by Scott, John, 1949-

Table of Contents: “…Social theory: Should we forget the founders? -- Genealogy of the social -- Culture, system and socialisation: Formative views -- Action, conflict and nature: Formative views -- Culture, system and socialisation: Developments -- Action, conflict and nature: Developments -- Modernity and rationalisation -- Intimations of post-modernity.…”
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Social theory : the multicultural and classic readings /

Social theory : a historical introduction / by Callinicos, Alex

Social theories of history and histories of social theory /

“…Current perspectives in social theory ;…”
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Social Theories of Risk and Uncertainty : an Introduction. by Zinn, Jens O.

Table of Contents: “…Social Theories of Risk and Uncertainty; Tables; Contributors; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: The Contribution of Sociology to the Discourse on Risk and Uncertainty Jens O. …”
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Social Theory as Science. by Keat, Russell

Table of Contents: “…Book Cover; Title01; Title02; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Part One: Conceptions of science; 1 Positivist philosophy of science; 2 Realist philosophy of science; 3 Forms of conventionalism; Part Two: Conceptions of science in social theory; 4 Sociology and positivism; 5 Marx and realism; 6 Structure and structuralism; Part Three: Meaning and ideology; 7 The explanation and understanding of social action; 8 Reification and realism; 9 Values, theory and reality; Postscript; Notes; Bibliography; Index.…”
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Social theory at work /

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Social theory and education : a critique of theories of social and cultural reproduction / by Morrow, Raymond Allen

Table of Contents: “…PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PART 1: SOCIAL THEORY AND EDUCATION -- 1. Introduction -- 2. …”
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Emotion and social theory : corporeal refelctions on the (Ir) rational / by Williams, Simon J. (Simon Johnson), 1961-

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French social theory / by Gane, Mike

Table of Contents: “…Post-revolutionary void -- Sacrificial theory and the sociology of modernity -- Theory in crisis : religion and the subjective -- End of the first cycle : Scholasticism -- Social theory reborn -- French society : vanguard without a norm -- Method in crisis and the resort to theory in suicide -- End of second cycle : anthropology and religion -- Existential theory -- Algerian war -- From pathology tonormativity -- Structural theory -- Radical theory and the end of the social -- Fin-de-cycle : time of counter-strategies.…”
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Disability and social theory : new developments and directions /

Table of Contents: “…Introducing disability and social theory / Dan Goodley, Bill Hughes, and Leonard Davis -- Civilising modernity and the ontological invalidation of disabled people / Bill Hughes -- Commodifying autism: the cultural contexts of "disability" in the academy / Rebecca Mallett and Katherine Runswick-Cole -- Disability and the majority world: a neocolonial approach / Shaun Grech -- Discourses of disabled peoples organisations: Foucault, Bourdieu, and future perspectives / Theo Blackmore and Stephen Lee Hodgkins -- Cyborgs, cripples, and iCrip: reflections on the contributions of Haraway to disability studies / Donna Reeve -- Theory, impairment, and impersonal singularities: Deleuze, Guattari, and Agamben / James Overboe -- The body as the problem of individuality: a phenomenological disability studies approach / Tanya Titchkosky and Rod Michalko -- Dancing with disability: an intersubjective approach / Eimir McGrath -- Nomadology and subjectivity: Deleuze, Guattari, and critical disability studies / Griet Roets and Rosi Braidotti -- Jacques Lacan + Paul Hunt = psychoanalytic disability studies / Dan Goodley -- Intellectual disability trouble: Foucault and Goffman on "challenging behaviour" / Karl Nunkoosing and Mark Haydon-Laurelut -- Stalking ableism: using disability to expose "abled" narcissism / Fiona Kumari-Campbell -- Lave and Wenger: communities of practice and disability studies / Rebecca Lawthom (with Tsitsi Chataika) -- Disability, development, and postcolonialism / Tsitsi Chataika -- Engaging with disability with colonial theory / Anita Ghai -- Recognition, respect, and rights: women with disabilities in a globalised world / Carolyn Frohmader and Helen Meekosha -- Conclusion: disability and social theory / Dan Goodley, Bill Hughes, and Leonard Davis.…”
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The future of social theory / by Gane, Nicholas, 1971-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: rethinking social theory -- Zygmunt Bauman: liquid sociality -- Judith Butler: reanimating the social -- Bruno Latour: the social as association -- Scott Lash: information is alive -- John Urry: complex mobilities -- Saskia Sassen: space and power -- Ulrich Beck: the cosmopolitan turn -- Nikolas Rose: governing the social -- Françoise Vergès: postcolonial challenges.…”
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Politics and Social Theory. by Lassman, Peter

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Politics and Social Theory; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Notes on Contributors; Preface; 1 Introduction: Politics and Social Theory; 2 Vocabularies of the State; 3 Marxism, Democracy and the Public Sphere; 4 Class Analysis as Social Theory; 5 States, Populations and Productivity: Towards a Political Theory of Welfare States; 6 Foucault: Power and Politics; 7 Women, Welfare and the Politics of Need Interpretation; 8 Socialism as a Sociological Problem; 9 Postmodernity and Contemporary Social Thought; Index.…”
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Art of social theory / by Swedberg, Richard

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The diversity of social theories /

“…Current perspectives in social theory ;…”
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Social Theory and Modernity : Critique, Dissent and Revolution. by Luke, Timothy W.

Table of Contents: “…PART ONE: MARXOLOGIES: CRITICAL SOCIAL THEORY AND MODERNITY; Introduction and Overview; PART TWO: TECHNOLOGY, TECHNIQUE AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION; On Techno-Power; Technics and Marx's Materialist Conception of History; Technique in Marx's Method of Political Economy; Gramsci and Revolution; On the Theory of Workers' Councils and the Working Class Party; PART THREE: INSTRUMENTAL REASON AND POPULAR REVOLUTION; The Dialectics of Social Critique in Rousseau; On Nature and Society; A Phenomenological/Freudian Marxism? …”
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The Structure of Social Theory.

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgements -- PART I -- Contemporary Social Theory -- 1 Structure and Agency -- 2 The Relevance of Parsons -- 3 Structure, Habitus, Discourse -- 4 The Reality of Realism -- PART II -- Classical Sociology -- 5 Hegel and the Concept of Geist -- 6 From Praxis to Historical Materialism -- 7 Status Groups and the Protestant Ethic -- 8 Society and Ritual -- PART III -- Towards a Hermeneutic Sociology -- 9 Hermeneutics and Idealism -- 10 Hermeneutics and Individualism -- 11 Hermeneutics and Critique -- 12 Beyond Structure and Agency -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.…”
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Nationalism and social theory : modernity and the recalcitrance of the nation / by Delanty, Gerard

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 -- Modernity, nationalism and social theory: a general outline; Chapter 2 -- Modernity and nationalism: transformation and integration; Chapter 3 -- Nationalism and structure; Chapter 4 -- Nationalism and culture; Chapter 5 -- Nationalism, agency and social change; Chapter 6 -- Towards a typology of forms of nationalism; Chapter 7 -- The new radical nationalisms: globalization, xenophobia and cultural violence; Chapter 8 -- Debating the limits of nationalism: possibilities for postnationalism; References; Index.…”
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The Elements of Social Theory. by Barnes, Barry

Table of Contents: “…Preface ; Introduction ; Part I Traditions of social theory; 1 Individualism; 1.1 Postulates of individualism; 1.2 Co-ordination; 1.3 Co-operation; 1.4 Collective action; 1.5 An evaluation of individualism; 2 Functionalism; 2.1 Functionalism and system integration; 2.2 Functionalism as ideology; 2.3 Normative functionalism and the problem of social integration; 2.4 Social norms; 3 Interactionism; 3.1 A Tudor execution; 3.2 Interactionist social theory; 3.3 The problem of collective action revisited; 3.4 Knowledge, interaction and the micro-macro problem; 4 Knowledge.…”
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Surfing and Social Theory. by Ford, Nicholas J.

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Nature and social theory / by Franklin, Adrian

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Decentering social theory /

“…Political power and social theory ;…”
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The Visual in Social Theory. by Woodiwiss, Anthony

Table of Contents: “…; Chapter One: From Vision to Visuality in Classical Social Theory; Chapter Two: The Regression to Vision in Contemporary Social Theory; Chapter Three: Myopia and Modernity; Chapter Four: Visuality after Postmodernism; Conclusion: Towards a Global Visuality; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.…”
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The rise of social theory / by Heilbron, Johan

Table of Contents: “…Intellectuals between academy and salon -- Conflict over reason -- French moralists and the social order -- The construction of social theory -- Theoretical models compared : France and Scotland -- Reform, revolution and the Napoleonic era -- Intellectual transformations around 1800 -- Natural science and revolution -- The literary opposition -- Models for a social science -- The interrupted career of Auguste Comte -- Politics, science and philosophy -- The shift to the theory of science -- Response and resistance.…”
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Rethinking social theory / by Sibeon, Roger, 1953-

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Simulation and social theory / by Cubitt, Sean, 1953-

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Explorations in social theory : from metatheorizing to rationalization / by Ritzer, George

Table of Contents: “…Metatheorizing in sociology -- The deliniation of an underlying architectonic -- Sociology: a multiple paradigm science -- Toward an integrated sociological paradigm: image of the subject matter -- Potential exemplars for an integrated sociological paradigm -- Methodological relationism: lessons for and from social psychology -- From exclusion to inclusion to chaos in sociological theory -- The implications of postmodern social theory for metatheorizing in sociology -- Rationalization and deprofessionalization of physicians -- The McDonaldization of society -- Hyperrationality: an extension of Weberian and neo-Weberian theory -- Mannheim's theory of rationalization: an alternative resource for the McDonaldization thesis? …”
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Using social theory : thinking through research /

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Symbols and social theory. by Duncan, Hugh Dalziel

History and social theory / by Burke, Peter, 1937-

Social theory for planning / by Bailey, Joe

Constructing social theories / by Stinchcombe, Arthur L.

The methodology of social theory / by Runciman, W. G. (Walter Garrison), 1934-

“…(Walter Garrison), 1934- Treatise on social theory ;…”

Urban social theory : city, self, and society / by Bounds, Michael

Handbook of social theory /

Encyclopedia of social theory /

Political power and social theory /

“…Political Power and Social Theory Ser.…”
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Social theory and later modernities : the Turkish experience / by Kaya, Ibrahim, 1969-

Table of Contents: “…Title Page; Contents; Preface; Introduction: The Theme of Varieties of Modernity; 1: Modernity as a Field of Tensions; 2: Social Theory and Later Modernities; 3: Ethnicity, Nation and Civilization; 4: State, Society and Economy: Tensions between Liberty and Discipline; 5: Islam and Modernity: Radical Openness to Interpretation; 6: Kemalism and Islamism on the 'Female Question'; 7: A Theory of Modernity in the Light of the Turkish Experience; Notes; References; Index.…”
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Human organizations and social theory : pragmatism, pluralism, and adaptation / by Leaf, Murray J.

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The Routledge companion to social theory /

Table of Contents: “…BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; PREFACE; CONTRIBUTORS; EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION; Part I TRADITIONS AND RIDDLES OF SOCIAL THEORY; 1 WHAT IS SOCIAL THEORY?; 2 CLASSICAL SOCIAL THEORY; 3 SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISM; 4 SOCIAL THEORY AND PSYCHOANALYSIS; 5 STRUCTURALIST AND POST-STRUCTURALIST SOCIAL THEORY; 6 THEORIES OF STRUCTURATION; 7 SOCIAL THEORY OF THE BODY; 8 POSTMODERN SOCIAL THEORY; 9 IDENTITY AND SOCIAL THEORY; 10 NEW MEDIA, POPULAR CULTURE AND SOCIAL THEORY; 11 CITIZENSHIP, COSMOPOLITANISM AND HUMAN RIGHTS; 12 CULTURAL SOCIAL THEORY; 13 SOCIAL THEORY AND GLOBALIZATION.…”
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