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Sociological Theory in the Contemporary Era
Text and Readings
Third Edition
- Scott Appelrouth - California State University, Northridge, USA
- Laura Desfor Edles - California State University, Northridge, USA
November 2015 | 680 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
Sociological Theory in the Contemporary Era, Third Edition is a text/reader that introduces students to the ideas and writings of key twentieth and twenty-first century theorists. Authors Scott Appelrouth and Laura Desfor Edles combine original texts, edited for classroom use, with extensive framing discussions that provide crucial biographical, historical, and theoretical context for readings. The book also provides an over-arching scaffolding that students can use to examine, compare, and contrast each theorist’s major themes and concepts. This unique format, combined with frequent use of photos, tables, and diagrams, makes Sociological Theory in the Contemporary Era a lively, engaging, and “student-friendly” introduction to the world of contemporary theory.
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Contributor to the SAGE Teaching Innovations & Professional Development Award
Find out more at www.sagepub.com/sociologyaward
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Structural Functionalism
Chapter 3: Critical Theory
Chaper 4: Exchange and Rational Choice Theories
Chapter 5: Symbolic Interactionism and Dramaturgy
Chapter 6: Phenomenology and Ethnomethodology
Chapter 7: Poststructuralism
Chapter 8: Postmodernism
Chapter 9: The Global Society
Supplements
Instructor Site
Password-protected Instructor Resources include the following:
- A Microsoft® Word® test bank is available containing multiple choice, true/false, short answer, and essay questions for each chapter. The test bank provides you with a diverse range of pre-written options as well as the opportunity for editing any question and/or inserting your own personalized questions to effectively assess students’ progress and understanding.
- Editable, chapter-specific Microsoft® PowerPoint® slides offer you complete flexibility in easily creating a multimedia presentation for your course.
- Chapter-specific discussion questions help launch classroom interaction by prompting students to engage with the material and by reinforcing important content.
- Suggested Writing Assignments for individual or group projects provide lively and stimulating ideas for use in and out of class reinforce active learning.
- Tables and Figures are available in an easily-downloadable format for use in papers, hand-outs, and presentations
This text provides a comprehensive review of important contemporary theories. The text is well written and concise enough to effectively communicate to undergraduate students. I provided this book on my syllabus as an additional book they should keep for future reference.
Sociology Dept, Texas A & M Univ-Clg Station
October 20, 2015
This book is an essential, well-written and extremely comprehensive addition to any Sociology course syllabus. It includes very well-chosen original scripts and illuminating summaries of sociological concepts. With this book, I had the chance to include my introductory course the discussions of Habermas, Bourdieu, Baudrillard and Butler. Strongly recommended.
Department of Political Science, TOBB Ekonomi ve Teknoloji Universitesi
October 7, 2015
This book presents a user-friendly introduction to sociological theory. Students will profit from its comprehensive yet focused approach.
Asian Studies , University of Hamburg
October 29, 2015
Very accessible introduction to contemporary social theory. Good selection of readings and discussion questions.
International College, Social Science, Mahidol University
February 15, 2016
I like the set up of this book very much. I will suggest it for the second semester of sociology at my University.
Accounting , Deaprtment of Sociology
October 29, 2015
This book is outstanding in every respect. It covers all the major areas of contemporary theories of society, offering a broad range of perspectives, from structural functionalism, Habermas, Goffman and Foucault perspectives.
The structure is easy to follow, and allows students to find the areas required for their writings quickly and concisely. It is very well written, and offers in-depth analysis of social theory.
The book is particularly relevant for undergraduate students, for any course exploring social theory. The book is also useful to provide additional information regarding contemporary social theory. The concepts and discussions are in-depth, and highly detailed.
I would strongly advise any institution offering courses exploring social theory to use this as a key supplemental resource, although at undergraduate level, I would consider it essential reading.
Sociology , St David's College
September 17, 2015