Theory and Practice in Sociology

by Ian Marsh

Overview

Theory and Practise in Sociology provide's students with a comprehensive, clear and accessible introduction to the main methods of research and the main theoretical approaches in sociology, and help's them examine the relationship between methods and theory.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781317904847
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/12/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	336
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Ian Marsh

Table of Contents

PART 1. SOCIOLOGICAL PRACTICE
1. Nature of social research and social knowledge.
2. Doing social research.
PART 2. SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY.
3. The nature of social theory.
4. The origins of classic social theory.
5. The nature of the sociological enterprise and the strains of modernity.
6. American sociology and the interactive self.
7. Contemporary theorising - Post-modernism.
8. Feminist theory - a question of difference.