This book discusses eight dimensions of globalization�world order, culture, the state, information technology, economics, production, development, and Bretton Woods Institutions�from the perspective of four diverse sociological paradigms: functionalist, interpretive, radical humanist, and radical structuralist. This multi-perspective approach forces readers to abandon their preconcieved assumptions and allows them the opportunity to view globalization through new eyes.
Kavous Ardalan argues that social theory can usefully be conceived in terms of these four key paradigms because...
This book discusses eight dimensions of globalization�world order, culture, the state, information technology, economics, production, development...
This book is about understanding feminist theories and feminist economics through a multi-paradigmatic approach. For this purpose, the book starts with a discussion of four most diverse worldviews or paradigms (i.e., functionalist, interpretive, radical humanist, radical structuralist). Then, it discusses six relevant social aspects (i.e., human nature, feminist theories, family, patriarchy, discrimination, feminist economics) from the viewpoints of the four most diverse worldviews or paradigms. Next, the book looks at some of the writings in the feminist theories and feminist economics...
This book is about understanding feminist theories and feminist economics through a multi-paradigmatic approach. For this purpose, the book starts wit...
This book explores the field of history through a multi-paradigmatic approach. For this purpose, it begins with a discussion of four most diverse worldviews or paradigms (namely, functionalist, interpretive, radical humanist, and radical structuralist), before moving on to consider four aspects of the field of history (historiography, grand narrative, progress, and time) from the viewpoints of the four most diverse worldviews or paradigms. Next, the book looks at three historical events (the French Revolution, the American Civil War, and the Iranian Revolution) from the viewpoints of the four...
This book explores the field of history through a multi-paradigmatic approach. For this purpose, it begins with a discussion of four most diverse worl...
