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The Meaning of General Theoretical Sociology

Tradition and Formalization

By: Thomas J. Fararo

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The Meaning of General Theoretical Sociology

Tradition and Formalization

By: Thomas J. Fararo

This book sets out a generative structuralist conception of general theoretical sociology; its philosophy, its problems, and its methods. The field is defined as a comprehensive research tradition with many intersecting subtraditions that share conceptual components.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521437954

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9780521437950

Generating Images of Stratification

A Formal Theory

By: Thomas J. Fararo,Kenji Kosaka

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Generating Images of Stratification

A Formal Theory

By: Thomas J. Fararo,Kenji Kosaka

Generating Images of Stratification is a self-contained presentation of a theoretical research program that deals with a significant explanatory problem relating to social inequality and that constructs generative theoretical models in doing so. In more detail: -Self-contained presentation - In respect to the background sociological facts and theoretical ideas and also the formal methods the book provides clear and simple accounts accompanied by examples. - A theoretical research program - The emphasis is on theory development, involving a series of theoretical models constructed within a core framework of principles and methods. - Deals with a significant explanatory problem relating to social inequality - We know from research that how people perceive the stratification system of a society depends upon their position in that system. So the problem is: What process generates this regularity and thereby explains empirical generalizations about the social structuration of images? - Constructs generative theoretical models - The book is an extended presentation of "generative theory" in sociology, a formal method of producing effective theoretical explanations. Generating Images of Stratification is of interest to mathematical sociologists and formal theorists in sociology; sociologists interested in social stratification; methodologists, both in sociology and in other fields; philosophers of social science; and theoretical scientists and mathematicians who are interested in applying their analytical tools to social science topics.

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210

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Springer Science & Business Media

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9401701237

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9789401701235

Social Action Systems

Foundation and Synthesis in Sociological Theory

By: Thomas J. Fararo

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Social Action Systems

Foundation and Synthesis in Sociological Theory

By: Thomas J. Fararo

Fararo studies general theoretical sociology as a time-extended tradition with three phases: classical, postclassical, and recent. Employing a process philosophical approach, the author seeks to examine these three phases in an effort to provide a synthesis of the theories that seek to lay the foundations of theoretical sociology. The author especially focuses on the work of Talcott Parsons and George Homans, two contemporary theorists whose common aspiration was to forge a theoretical foundation for sociology that would serve to unify and integrate all theories growing out of sociological research in much the same way that the theory of evolution guides and integrates all other biological theories. To begin, the author provides a history and overview of the key classical theoretical frameworks from the perspective of process philosophy, which he applies to all three phases of the study. Fararo then carefully analyzes two major postclassical bodies of general theory, namely the evolving and intertwined frameworks of Parsons and Homans from their early theories of social systems to their later divergent perspectives on foundation and synthesis in sociological theory. Finally, the discussion turns to the recent phase of general theoretical sociology, where more recent foundation strategies -- rational choice theory and generative structuralism -- are analyzed in relation to the postclassical phase of the tradition. This important and sophisticated new work is essential for all those interested in sociological theory in particular and sociology in general.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313074119

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Towards A New Europe

Stops and Starts in Regional Integration

By: Thomas Bernauer,Gerald Schneider,Patricia Weitsman

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Towards A New Europe

Stops and Starts in Regional Integration

By: Thomas Bernauer,Gerald Schneider,Patricia Weitsman

This volume explores the theoretical value of applying rational choice theory to questions of regional integration. As with other questions of conflict and cooperation in the field of international politics, studies of European integration are divided largely between the realist and liberalist perspectives. Yet neither of these schools of thought aptly explains the dynamics characterizing this process, that is, the major advances in regional integration and the long periods of paralysis. The contributions in this volume work their way from the most general questions and macro-processes down to particular policy problems of the European Union and the micro-foundations of interstate cooperation. The work will be of interest to scholars and policymakers in international relations, international economics, and European studies.

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Praeger

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027594865X

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9780275948658

Social Action Systems

Foundation and Synthesis in Sociological Theory

By: Thomas J. Fararo

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Foundation and Synthesis in Sociological Theory

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The Meaning of General Theoretical Sociology

The Meaning of General Theoretical Sociology

Generating Images of Stratification

Generating Images of Stratification

Social Action Systems

Social Action Systems

Towards A New Europe

Towards A New Europe

Social Action Systems

Social Action Systems

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