Theoretical Sociology: The Future of a Disciplinary Foundation

ISBN-13: 9780367693268 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 362 str.

Seth Abrutyn; Kevin McCaffree

Opis

Taking their lead from Jonathan Turner’s important recent work, distinguished theoretical sociologists consider micro- (e.g., emotion and identity), meso- (class and networks), and macro-sociological (cultural evolution, inequality) theory, analysing the present and future of sociological theory.

O autorze

Seth Abrutyn is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of British Columbia. Abrutyn’s theoretical and empirical work examines how local structure and culture shape how we feel, think, and act. His work on suicide has won several national awards and can be found in journals such as the American Sociological Review, Sociological Theory, Journal of Health and Social Behavior and the American Journal of Public Health.

Kevin McCaffree is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of North Texas, where he teaches graduate courses in research methods and theory. He is the author of four books and several peer-reviewed articles and handbook chapters. His work has appeared in Journal for the Theory of Social Behavior, Religion, Brain and Behavior and Handbook of Contemporary Sociological Theory.