Written by award-winning scholar Jonathan H Turner, this is a comprehensive, in-depth and detailed review of present-day theory in sociology.
A brief, yet in-depth examination of twelve major sociological theories.
Written by award-winning scholar Jonathan H Turner, this 936 page resource is a comprehensive, in-depth and detailed review of both classical and present-day theory in sociology.
A comprehensive exploration of classical social theory portraying the historical context (Renaissance Europe to the Industrial Age), covering all major developments... Læs mere
Combining sociology, evolutionary biology, cladistic biology, and comparative neuroanatomy to examine human nature, Turner sees human... Læs mere
In his newest book, leading social theorist Jonathan H. Turner offers a creative, richly grounded reinterpretation of social evolution.
Those who address conflict resulting from differing socio-economic groups (stratification systems) focus on the arousal of negative emotions
Kinship, religion, and economy were not "natural" to humans, nor to species of apes that had to survive on the African savanna.
Rich and multi-dimensional study of long-standing taboo.
The meso-level realm of social reality is structured by corporate and categoric units, along with their respective cultures.
What occurs within encounters is constrained by their embedding with corporate and categoric units and, by extension, institutional domains,... Læs mere
In a general study of Sociological Theory, social processes are usually broken down into three tiers: macrodynamics (societies and large-scale institutions), microdynamics (interpersonal encounters), and mesodynamics (corporations, communities, smaller organizations).