Metatheorizing (Key Issues in Sociological Theory)

Ritzer, George [Editor]

ISBN 10: 0803939914 / ISBN 13: 9780803939912

Published by SAGE Publications, Inc, 1992

Paperback in acceptable/good- condition. Lots of markings to first 50 pages, though text is always readable. Spine is uncreased, binding tight and sturdy. Shelfwear is very minor. NOT ex-library. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Seller Inventory # 320514

Synopsis:

Metatheorizing has come of age in sociology and other social science fields, forming the backdrop for serious intellectual debates over agency and structure, micro and macro level analysis, positivism and interpretivism, modernist and postmodernist thought. These debates are highlighted in this focused collection of essays.

Contributors are among the leading figures in sociological theory - and represent a wide array of theoretical `camps′. Many of the debates in sociological theory are carried forward in the book. Collectively the contributors point out the importance of building overarching theoretical models and suggest new directions for metatheoretical work.

About the Author:

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 Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award by the American Sociological Association, an honorary doctorate from LaTrobe University in Australia, and the Robin Williams Lectureship from the Eastern Sociological Society. His best-known work, The McDonaldization of Society (8th ed.), has been read by hundreds of thousands of students over two decades and translated into over a dozen languages. Ritzer is also the editor of McDonaldization: The Reader; and author of other works of critical sociology related to the McDonaldization thesis, including Enchanting a Disenchanted World, The Globalization of Nothing, Expressing America: A Critique of the Global Credit Card Society, as well as a series best-selling social theory textbooks and Globalization: A Basic Text. He is the Editor of the Encyclopedia of Social Theory (2 vols.), the Encyclopedia of Sociology (11 vols.; 2nd edition forthcoming), the Encyclopedia of Globalization (5 vols.), and is Founding Editor of the Journal of Consumer Culture. In 2016 he will publish the second edition of Essentials of Sociology with SAGE.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Metatheorizing (Key Issues in Sociological ...
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
Publication Date: 1992
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good-
Edition: First Edition.