By Joseph Berger,Morris, Jr. Zelditch,Peter M. Blau,Thomas J. Fararo,Jack A. Goldstone,Douglas D. Heckathorn,David R. Heise,Guillermina Jasso,Ronald L. Jepperson,Michael Lovaglia,Barry Markovsky,Morris Zelditch,Gerald Marwell,John D. McCarthy,Bruce Buena de

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Written through eminent sociologists, this booklet introduces and assesses one of the most influential, fresh sociological theories. each one bankruptcy explains the speculation and describes a similar application of empirical learn. Chapters are authored by way of the particular founders (and/or prime exponents) of those theoretical courses; many chapters comprise an outline of the inception, development, and current prestige of the theoretical software. The booklet covers a wide diversity of sociological issues, from the research of energy and standing techniques, to social hobbies and revolutions, to organizational and institutional constructions, to global procedure research. Accessibly written for a large sociological viewers, this ebook is a useful advent for undergraduates and graduates to sociology's most vital theoretical advances.

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New Directions in Contemporary Sociological Theory by Joseph Berger,Morris, Jr. Zelditch,Peter M. Blau,Thomas J. Fararo,Jack A. Goldstone,Douglas D. Heckathorn,David R. Heise,Guillermina Jasso,Ronald L. Jepperson,Michael Lovaglia,Barry Markovsky,Morris Zelditch,Gerald Marwell,John D. McCarthy,Bruce Buena de


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