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Central Currents in Social Theory
The Roots of Sociological Theory 1700-2000
Eight Volume Set
Edited by:
- Raymond Boudon - University of Paris, Sorbonne, France
- Mohammed Cherkaoui - GEMAS, Paris, France, University of Paris, Sorbonne, France
January 2000 | 3 648 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
Divided into two 4-volume sets, this collection provides a complete guide to social theory from 1700 to the present day. Each set is divided around eight essential issues which are of core concern to social theory: social action and basic processes of interaction; social institutions; social structure; social representations; social change; theoretical orientations; problems in the philosophy of social sciences; sociology's reflections upon itself and its relations with other social sciences.
The collections are designed to show how thinking in social theory has changed since 1700 on all of these essential issues. The Volumes are comprehensive and authoritative. They constitute an indispensable resource for teachers and researchers.
VOLUME ONE
PART ONE: SOCIAL ACTION, BASIC PROCESSES OF INTERACTION
Rationality and Extra-rationality of Action
Communication
Exchange
Influence, Authority, Power
Conflict
Collective Action
PART TWO: SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Contract
Organizations
Processes of Socialization and Socializing Agencies
Social Control
VOLUME TWO
PART TWO: SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Political Institutions
Nation, State and International Relations
PART THREE: SOCIAL STRUCTURE
Interdependence and Social Networks
Positions
Division of Labor
Social Stratification
Social Mobility
Integration and Segregation
PART FOUR: SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS
Collective Beliefs
Magical Beliefs
VOLUME THREE
PART FOUR: SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS
Norms and Values
Religious Beliefs
Scientific Beliefs
Ideologies and Worldviews
Culture and Tastes
Intellectuals
PART FIVE: SOCIAL CHANGE
Processes of Change, Innovations and Diffusions
Social Movements
Modernization and Evolution
PART SIX: THEORETICAL GENERAL ORIENTATIONS
Positivism
Comprehensive Sociology
Marxism
VOLUME FOUR
PART SIX: THEORETICAL GENERAL ORIENTATIONS
Utilitarianism
Methodological Individualism
Functionalism
PART SEVEN: PROBLEMS IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
Explaining, Understanding, Interpreting
The Micro-Macro Link
Mathematical Sociology and Statistical Methods
PART EIGHT: RELATIONS WITH OTHER SOCIAL SCIENCES
Psychology
Economics
History
Demography
Linguistics
VOLUME FIVE
PART ONE: SOCIAL ACTION AND THE BASIC PROCESSES OF INTERACTION
The Rationality and Extra-Rationality of Action
Communication
Social Exchange
Influence, Authority and Power
Collective Action
PART TWO: SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Contract
Organisations
Social Control and Deviant Behaviour
Processes of Socialization and Socializing Agencies
Political Institutions
VOLUME SIX
PART TWO: SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Nation and State
Elites
PART THREE: SOCIAL STRUCUTRE
Interdependence and Networks
Positions
Division of Labor
Social Stratification
Social Mobility
Integration and Segregation
PART FOUR: SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS
Collective Beliefs
Magical Beliefs
Norms and Values
VOLUME SEVEN
PART FOUR: SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS
Religious Beliefs
Scientific Beliefs
Ideologies and Worldviews
Culture and Tastes
Intellectuals
PART FIVE: SOCIAL CHANGE
Innovation
Processes of Change, Factors of Change
Social Movements and Conflicts
Development and Modernization
Social Evolution
PART SIX: THEORETICAL GENERAL ORIENTATIONS
Positivism
Critical Sociology
Interpretive Sociologies
VOLUME EIGHT
PART SIX: THEORETICAL GENERAL ORIENTATIONS
Marxism
Utilitarianism and Rational Choice Theory
Methodological Individualism
Functionalism
Structuralism
Macrostructural Theory
PART SEVEN: PROBLEMS IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
Description, Classification, Modelling
Explaining, Understanding, Interpreting
The Micro-Macro Link
Mathematical Sociology
PART EIGHT: RELATIONS WITH OTHER SOCIAL SCIENCES
Psychology
Economics
History
Demography
Linguistics
