Chapter Outline

I. Micro-Macro Extremism

II. The Movement Toward Micro-Macro Integration

III. Examples of Micro-Macro Integration

A. George Ritzer: Integrated Sociological Paradigm

B. Jeffrey Alexander: Multidimensional Sociology

C. Micro-to-Macro Model

D. Biographical Sketch: Randall Collins

E. The Micro Foundations of Macrosociology

IV. Back to the Future: Norbert Elias's Figurational Sociology

A. Biographical Sketch: Norbert Elias

B. The History of Manners

C. Natural Functions

D. Power and Civility

V. Summary