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Author:   Seth Abrutyn ,  Kevin McCaffree
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.498kg
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9780367693251

ISBN 10:   0367693259
Pages:   362
Publication Date:   31 March 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Introduction Part 1: Theoretical Sociology 1. Sociology Must Continue to Become More Interdisciplinary 2. Kevin McCaffree on Interdisciplinary Theorizing 3. Evolution as the Key to Process Sociology: Relational Sociology According to History 4. Erika Summers-Effler’s Comments on Evolutionary Analysis 5. The Evolutionary Sociology of Macrodynamics 6. Seth Abrutyn on Macro Theorizing 7. Jonathan Turner’s Macro-Micro-Meso Theory 8. Randall Collins on Micro-Meso-Macro Theorizing Part 2: Foundational Areas of Inquiry 9. Theorizing Nested Group Ties 10. Lawler, Thye and Yoon on Theorizing Nested Group Ties 11. Social Exchange Theory: Current Status and Future Directions 12. Karen S. Cook and Michael Hahn on of Exchange Theory 13. Inequality and Justice 14. Guillermina Jasso on Inequality and Justice 15. The Micro-Sociology of Self and Identity 16. Peter J. Burke and Jan E. Stets on Self and Identity 17. Humanizing Sociological Theory: A 21st Century Solution to a 20th Century Problem Yet to Be Solved 18. Richard Machalek on Bringing Biology Back into Sociology Part 3: The Social Processes of Knowledge Production 19. Reflections on Turner and Theory Development 20. Theoretical Sociology 21. General Impressions about Turner’s Teaching, Research and Influence Section 4: Reflections 22. On Jonathan Turner: A Brief Personal Biography 23. On Becoming and Being a General Theorist in Sociology: A Most Improbable Journey

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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.

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