Introduction to Sociological Theory : Theorists, Concepts, and Their Applicability to the Twenty-First Century

The extensively revised and updated second edition combines carefully chosen primary quotes with wide-ranging discussion and everyday illustrative examples to provide an in-depth introduction to classical and contemporary sociological theory. Combines classical and contemporary theory in a single, integrated text Short biographies and historical timelines of significant events provide context to theorists' ideas Innovatively builds on excerpts from original theoretical writings with detailed discussion of the concepts and ideas under review Includes new examples of current social processes in China, South Korea, India, Latin America, the Middle East, and other non-Western societies Additional resources, available at www.wiley.com/go/dillon, include multiple choice and essay questions, PowerPoint slides with multimedia links to content illustrative of sociological processes, a list of complementary primary readings, a quotation bank, and other background materials "The extensively revised and updated second edition combines carefully chosen primary quotes with wide-ranging discussion and everyday illustrative examples to provide an in-depth introduction to classical and contemporary sociological theory. Combines classical and contemporary theory in a single, integrated text. Short biographies and historical timelines of significant events provide context to theorists' ideas. Innovatively builds on excerpts from original theoretical writings with detailed discussion of the concepts and ideas under review. Includes new examples of current social processes in China, South Korea, India, Latin America, the Middle East, and other non-Western societies. Additional resources, available at www.wiley.com/go/dillon, include multiple choice and essay questions, PowerPoint slides with multimedia links to content illustrative of sociological processes, a list of complementary primary readings, a quotation bank, and other background materials"--Provided by publisher Introduction : welcome to sociological theory -- Karl Marx -- Emile Durkheim -- Max Weber -- Talcott Parsons and Robert Merton : Functionalism and Modernization -- Critical theory : technology, culture, and politics -- Conflict, power, and dependency in macro-societal processes -- Exchange, exchange network, and rational choice theories -- Symbolic interactionism -- Phenomenology and Ethnomethodology -- Feminist theories -- Michel Foucault : theorizing sexuality, the body, and power -- Race, racism, and the construction of racial otherness -- The social reproduction of inequality : Pierre Bourdieu's theory of class and culture -- Economic and political globalization -- Modernities, cosmopolitanism, and global consumer culture.