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Status, Power, and Legitimacy
Status, Power, and Legitimacy presents methodological, theoretical, and empirical essays by Joseph Berger and Morris Zelditch, Jr.—two of the leading contributors to the Stanford tradition in the study of micropro-cesses. This three-part volume brings together major contributions to the development of this tradition, in addition to a number of newly written essays published here for the first time. Berger and Zelditch integrate the essays and relate them to a larger body of theory and research as they explore the importance of a generalizing orientation in sociology. Their view of theory as flux and process, the blending of social process with theory-building, produces a picture of the soc...
New Directions in Contemporary Sociological Theory
This book introduces some of the most influential recent sociological theories, each covered in an essay written by the theory's founder or by a leading exponent. Presented in nontechnical language, each essay reviews the key positions and supporting research; many incorporate discussion of critical or opposing positions. This unique book serves as an invaluable advanced introduction or review for graduate or upper-level students who want to gain an understanding of important theoretical advances. Visit our website for sample chapters!
Sociological Theories in Progress
Sociological Theories in Progress demonstrates that theory building in sociology did not cease with the old masters. Indeed, there are many scholars currently building sustained theoretical programs in this field. This volume is the third in a series, the first two appearing in 1966 and 1972 respectively. Each volume has attempted to do several things: to demonstrate just how much theoretical activity there has been in sociology at a time when may people were wondering where all the Durkheims, Marxes and Webers had gone; to explore the leading edge of theoretical development; and to provide models to follow and an update on the state of sociological theory. The editors particularly wish to s...
Theoretical Research Programs
Analyzing the structure and growth of major theoretical research programs in the sociological study of group processes, this book considers such topics as exchange processes and network structures, bargaining and conflict, status characteristics and status organizing processes, social interaction, and legitimation processes.
Contemporary Social Psychological Theories
This text presents the most important and influential social psychological theories and research programs in contemporary sociology. Original chapters by the scholars who initiated and developed these theoretical perspectives provide full descriptions of each theory, its background, development, and future. The first four chapters cover general approaches, organized around fundamental principles and issues--symbolic interaction, social exchange, distributive justice, and rational choice. The following chapters focus on specific research programs and theories, examining identity, affect, comparison processes, power and dependence, social exchange, status construction, and legitimacy. A conclu...
The Psychology of Legitimacy
This book, first published in 2001, provides a general approach to the psychological basis of social inequality.
