In the past 30 years, the field of sociology has seen much differentiation of substantive specialties. Turner (sociology, U. of California at Riverside) created this volume to provide an overview of sociological traditions, but, more importantly, to allow prominent theorists from a variety of traditions to talk about what they are currently doing in their own work. Thirty-eight specialists from the U.S., Germany, the Netherlands, and Australia contribute 31 chapters on theoretical methodologies and strategies; the cultural turn in sociological theorizing; theorizing interaction processes; theorizing from the systematic and macrolevel; new directions in evolutionary theorizing; power, conflict and change; and theorizing from assumptions of rationality. Annotation Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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In the past 30 years, the field of sociology has seen much differentiation of substantive specialties. Turner (sociology, U. of California at Riverside) created this volume to provide an overview of sociological traditions, but, more importantly, to allow prominent theorists from a variety of traditions to talk about what they are currently doing in their own work. Thirty-eight specialists from the U.S., Germany, the Netherlands, and Australia contribute 31 chapters on theoretical methodologies and strategies; the cultural turn in sociological theorizing; theorizing interaction processes; theorizing from the systematic and macrolevel; new directions in evolutionary theorizing; power, conflict and change; and theorizing from assumptions of rationality. Annotation Book News, Inc., Portland, OR