A history of sociological analysis

Introduction / Tom Bottomore & Robert Nisbet -- Sociological Thought In The Eighteenth Century / Robert Bierstedt -- Theories Of Progress, Development, Evolution / Kenneth Bock -- Conservatism / Robert Nisbet -- Marxism And Sociology / Tom Bottomore -- German Sociology In The Time Of Max Weber / Julien Freund -- Emile Durkheim / Edward A. Tiryakian -- Positivism And Its Critics / Anthony Giddens -- American Trends / Lewis A. Coser -- Functionalism / Wilbert E. Moore -- Theories Of Social Action / Alan Dawe -- Exchange Theory / Harry C. Bredemeier -- Interactionism / Berenice M. Fisher & Anselm L. Strauss -- Phenomenology And Sociology / Kurt H. Wolff -- Structuralism / Tom Bottomore & Robert Nisbet -- Social Stratification / Frank Parkin -- Power And Authority / Steven Lukes -- Sociology Analysis And Social Policy / James Coleman. Tom Bottomore & Robert Nisbet, Editors. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. An anthology on the development of the main ideas in sociology from the 18th century to the present. It includes articles on sociologists of the 18th century, on Marx Weber, and Durkheim, on positivism, structuralism, functionalism, and phenomenology. The authors include Bierstedt, Coser, Freund, Giddens, Moore, Wolff and the editors