Contemporary Sociological Theory: Expanding the Classical Tradition

by Alison Wolf and Ruth A. Wallace

Book Overview

Provides an examination of the theoretical perspectives in contemporary sociology and their roots in classical theory. The book focuses specifically on the areas of functionalism, conflict theory,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0131850512
• ISBN13: 9780131850514
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Pearson
• Length: 466 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Great

Arrived in good timing and was as in shape as was expected. Good price as well.

Solid Introduction

A good introduction to some important sociological perspectives. I thought that the limited criticism they made of each perspective was pretty fair even if it could have been a little more aggressive. The authors do say something about the relative popularity of each perspective but I would have liked to see more, using different metrics, ie. what share of articles published in top journals could be described as functionalist? As a bit of a wonk, I also wish the authors had better related the theory to policy research and scholarship in other disciplines. Note, this review refers to an out of date paperback edition.