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Modern Sociological Theory, 6/e
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Modern Sociological Theory

What's New

  • A new section on Actor-Network theory (in Chapter 13), showing how sociologists such as Bruno Latour are using some of the abstract ideas from post-structural theory
  • Material discussing the chaos in theory and the disappearance of identifiable schools (in the Appendix)
  • New sections on globalization (in Chapter 12) and Neo-Marxian theories of space (in Chapter 4), including discussions of Henri Lefebvre, Edward Soja, and David Harvey.
  • More coverage of the roots of modern theory in such previously under-recognized theorists as DuBois (in the introduction)
  • Updated coverage of current research on contemporary theory and theorists