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Now with SAGE Publishing, and co-authored by one of the foremost authorities on sociological theory, George Ritzer and Jeffrey Stepnisky's Classical Sociological Theory, Seventh Edition, provides a comprehensive overview of the major theorists and schools...





Designed as a comprehensive overview of the history of sociological theory and the work of the major theorists, with biographical chapters on such theorists as Comte, Mead, Schutz, Parsons and Spencer, this text is designed for both undergraduates and graduates.

This text provides an overview of the history of classical sociological theory and the work of the major classical theorists. It concludes with a metatheoretical schema that informs the text, and provides an introduction to metatheorizing in sociology.
