Sociological Theories

Introduction to Sociological Theory: Theorists, Concepts, and their Applicability to the Twenty-First Century Book by Michele Dillon (Sep 28, 2009)

Classical tradition in sociological theory and the expression of this tradition in contemporary theory. Concepts and theories of classical sociology and application of these concepts and theories to the analysis of contemporary society. Assumptions and concepts of major sociological theories and the classical roots of the modern theories.

Functionalism, conflict theory, theories of rational choice, symbolic interactionism, phenomenology, actor-network theory, neo-Marxian theories of space, chaos in
social theory and theories of globalization.

T. Robert Malthus, Herbert Spencer, Auguste Comte, Emile Durkheim, Karl Marx, Max Weber, Robert K. Merton, C. Wright Mills, Marvin Harris, Gerhard E. Lenski, Charlotte Perkins-Gilman, Georg Simmel, W.E.B. Du Bois, and George Herbert Mead are all major classical theorists.

Contemporary schools of sociological thought:
Symbolic interactionism, phenomenology, structuralism, network theory, critical theory, feminist theory, modernity and postmodernity.

Books on Sociological Theory

Contemporary Sociological Theory: Expanding the Classical Tradition (6th Edition) Book by Ruth A.Wallace, Alison Wolf

Sociological Theory Book by George Ritzer, Douglas J. Goodman

Contemporary Sociological Theory (Blackwell Readers in Sociology)
Edition May 2002 Book by Craig Calhoun (Editor), Joseph Gerteis (Editor), James Moody (Editor), Steven Pfaff (Editor), Kathryn Schmidt (Editor), Indermohan Virk (Editor).

Sociological Theory: Classical Statements (5th Edition)
Book by David Ashley, David Michael Orenstein

Ideology and the Development of Sociological Theory (7th Edition) Book by Irving M. Zeitlin

Structure of Sociological Theory Book by Jonathan H. Turner

Modern Sociological Theory Book by George Ritzer, Douglas J. Goodman

Explorations in Classical Sociological Theory: Seeing the Social World Book by Kenneth Allan

Sociological Theory in the Classical Era : Text and Readings Book by Laura Desfor Edles, Scott Appelrouth

Sociological Theory Book by Bert N. Adams, R. A. Sydie

Contemporary Sociological Theory and Its Classical Roots: The Basics
Book by George Ritzer

Trust: A Sociological Theory (Cambridge Cultural Social Studies)
Book by Piotr Sztompka, Jeffrey C. Alexander (Series Editor), Steven Seidman

The Emergence of Sociological Theory Book by Jonathan H. Turner, Leonard Beeghley, Charles H. Powers