Modern sociological theory / George Ritzer

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Introduction to sociological theory. A historical sketch of sociological theory : the early years ; A historical sketch of sociological theory : the later years -- Modern sociological theory : the major schools. Structural functionalism, neofunctionalism, and conflict theory ; Varieties of neo-Marxian theory ; Systems theory ; Symbolic interactionism ; Ethnomethodology ; Exchange, network, and rational choice theories ; Modern feminist theory -- Recent integrative developments in sociological theory. Micro-macro and agency-structure integration -- From modern to postmodern social theory (and beyond). Contemporary theories of modernity ; Globalization theory ; Structuralism, poststructuralism, and postmodern social theory ; Cutting-edge developments in contemporary theory -- Appendix : sociological metatheorizing and a metatheoretical schema for analyzing sociological theory