Explaining Social Processes: Perspectives from Current Social Theory and Historical Sociology

By Massimiliano Ruzzeddu, Jiři Subrt, Alemayehu Kumsa

- Introduction

- The society of individuals and figurations

- Rethinking the theory of structuration

- The actor, or homo sociologicus

- Functionally differentiated society from the systemic perspective

- The complexity of identity building

- Historical sociology as temporalized sociology

- Social power from the perspective of historical sociology

- Diagnosis of current social processes

- Precariousness

- Migration

- The dimensions of globalization

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030521826
• ISBN13: 9783030521820
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 189 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"