Theoretical sociology the future of a disciplinary foundation /
Since Durkheim's influential work a century ago, sociological theory has been among the most integrative and useful tools for social scientists across many disciplines. Sociological theory has nevertheless, due to its usefulness, expanded so very broadly that some wonder whether the concept of...
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2021
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Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Jon Turner
- Introduction
- Seth Abrutyn and Kevin McCaffree
- Part 1: Theoretical Sociology
- 1. Sociology Must Continue to Become More Interdisciplinary / Kevin McCaffree
- 2. Kevin McCaffree on Interdisciplinary Theorizing / Jonathan Turner
- 3. Evolution as the Key to Process Sociology: Relational Sociology According to History / Erika Summers-Effler
- 4. Erika Summers-Effler's Comments on Evolutionary Analysis / Jonathan Turner
- 5. The Evolutionary Sociology of Macrodynamics / Seth Abrutyn
- 6. Seth Abrutyn on Macro Theorizing / Jonathan Turner
- 7. Jonathan Turner's Macro-Micro-Meso Theory / Randall Collins
- >8. Randall Collins on Micro-Meso-Macro Theorizing / Jonathan Turner
- Part 2: Foundational Areas of Inquiry
- 9. Theorizing Nested Group Ties / Edward Lawler, Shane R. Thye and Jeongkoo Yoon
- 10. Lawler, Thye and Yoon on Theorizing Nested Group Ties / Jonathan Turner
- 11. Social Exchange Theory: Current Status and Future Directions / Karen Cook and Michael Hahn: Social Exchange Theory
- 12. Karen S. Cook and Michael Hahn on of Exchange Theory / Jonathan Turner
- 13. Inequality and Justice / Guillermina Jasso
- 14. Guillermina Jasso on Inequality and Justice / Jonathan Turner
- 15. The Micro-Sociology of Self and Identity / Jan Stets and Peter Burke
- 16. Peter J. Burke and Jan E. Stets on Self and Identity / Jonathan Turner
- 17. Humanizing Sociological Theory: A 21st Century Solution to a 20th Century Problem Yet to Be Solved / >Richard Machalek
- 18. Richard Machalek on Bringing Biology Back into Sociology / Jonathan Turner
- Part 3: The Social Processes of Knowledge Production
- 19. Reflections on Turner and Theory Development / Michael Carter
- 20. Theoretical Sociology / Rebecca Li
- 21. General Impressions about Turner's Teaching, Research and Influence / Michael L. Walker
- Section 4: Reflections
- 22. On Jonathan Turner: A Brief Personal Biography / Alexandra Maryanski
- 23. On Becoming and Being a General Theorist in Sociology: A Most Improbable Journey / Jonathan Turner