Ritzer, George Modern Sociological Theory ISBN 13: 9780070530188

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Written by one of the foremost authorities in American sociological theory, Modern Sociological Theory is a comprehensive overview of the schools of modern sociological thought. Reflecting changes in this fourth edition and paving the way for a separate text on Postmodern Social Theory, which Ritzer is now writing, the title has been changed from "Contemporary Sociological Theory" to "Modern Sociological Theory". Part 1 continues to offer two chapters devoted to the history of sociological theory. Part 2, with significant changes in terms of content and organization, devotes six chapters to the major schools of modern sociological theory. Each has been updated to reflect recent work, including theoretical syntheses. Two chapters in Part 3 address recent integrative developments, namely micro-macro and agency-structure. Part 4, which is new, provides two chapters addressing contemporary theories in modernity, structuralism, and poststructuralism, and the emergence of postmodern social theory. The book concludes with an appendix which provides a metatheoretical schema that informs the text, and highlights the latest work in sociological metatheorizing.

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George Ritzer is Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland where he has also been a Distinguished Scholar-Teacher and won a Teaching Excellence Award. He was awarded the 2000 Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award by the American Sociological Association. He has served as Chair of two Sections of the American Sociological Association- Organizations and Occupations and Theoretical Sociology. In addition to The McDonaldization of Society (1993, 1996, 2000; translated into a dozen languages), his other efforts to apply social theory to the everyday realms of the economy and consumption include Expressing America: A Critique of the Global Credit Card Society (1995), The McDonaldization Thesis: Explorations and Extensions (1998), and Enchanting a Disenchanted World: Revolutionizing the Means of Consumption (1999). At the other end of the spectrum, his contributions to metatheorizing include Sociology: A Multiple Paradigm Science (1975), Toward an Integrated Sociological Paradigm (1981), and Metatheorizing in Sociology (1991). He has recently edited The Blackwell Companion to Major Social Theorists (2000), as well as The Handbook of Social Theory (with Barry Smart), and is co-founding editor (with Don Slater) of the Journal of Consumer Culture. In 2001 Sage of England published two volumes of his collected works- Explorations in Social Theory: From Metatheorizing to Rationalization and Explorations in the Sociology of Consumption: Fast Food Restaurants, Credit Cards and Casinos. Among his forthcoming works are the Handbook of International Social Problems and the two-volume Encyclopedia of Social Theory. His next original book, The Globalization of Nothing: So Many Making So Much of So Little will be published in 2003. In 2002 McGraw-Hill published Ritzer's Contemporary Sociological Theory and Its Classical Roots: The Basics.

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  • PublisherMcGraw-Hill College
  • Publication date1995
  • ISBN 10 0070530181
  • ISBN 13 9780070530188
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