Sociological Theory - Softcover

Adams, Bert N.; Sydie, R. A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761985573 ISBN 13: 9780761985570

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2001

Synopsis

This concise text, covers both classical and contemporary social thought. It traces the major schools of thought over the past 150 years as they appear and reappear in different chapters and looks at important new voices in social theory. The treatment of individual theories and theorists is balanced with the development of key themes and ideas about social life.

About this title

About the Author:

Bert N. Adams (Ph.D., University of North Carolina) is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He is a former President and currently a Fellow of the National Council on Family Relations. He has taught sociological theory extensively, both in East Africa and at the University of Wisconsin, and also teaches and writes on the sociology of the family. He is the author of several books, including the introductory textbook THE FAMILY: A SOCIOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION, 5TH EDITION (Harcourt Brace 1995) and SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY (Pine Forge Press 2001). With David M. Klein, he served as co-editor of the Understanding Families Series with Sage, which produced 20 books between 1995 and 2002. He is well connected with family sociologists throughout the world. 

Review:

"I like the idea of a more inclusive sociological theory text. It’s good to see the work of women and people of color integrated into this book....As we move beyond telling the story of a fairly homogeneous academic elite, we also begin to make social theory and theorizing more accessible to our increasingly diverse students."

Author: Robert E. L. Roberts

Put simply, although the theory instructor has the paramount responsibility of acquainting her students with major perspectives/concepts, the academic figures responsible for constructing them and the intellectual and social conditions under which they theorized, she needs a good deal of help. Adams and Sydie’s Sociological Theory is one of those books that provide such prop―a good one for that.

 

Author: Alem Kebede Source: Teaching Sociology

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0761985573
• ISBN 13: 9780761985570
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 672