The Meaning of General Theoretical Sociology

Klappentext This book sets out a generative structuralist conception of general theoretical sociology; its philosophy! its problems! and its methods. Zusammenfassung This book sets out a generative structuralist conception of general theoretical sociology; its philosophy! its problems! and its methods. The field is defined as a comprehensive research tradition with many intersecting subtraditions that share conceptual components. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figures and tables; Preface; Introduction; 1. A philosophy of general theoretical sociology; 2. Dynamical social systems and the key problems; 3. Action theory and social order; 4. Structuralism unification; Summary; Notes; References; Index of names; Index of subjects.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas J. Fararo
• Assisted by: Ernest Q. Campbell (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.11.1989
• EAN: 9780521372589
• ISBN: 978-0-521-37258-9
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 236 mm x 30 mm
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Eighteent
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories