TY - BOOK AU - Ritzer, George TI - Sociological theory SN - 9780071321150 U1 - 301 PY - 2000/// CY - New Delhi PB - McGraw Hill KW - Sociology. KW - Sociologists -- Biography KW - Sociologists N1 - Classical sociological theory. A historical sketch of sociological theory: the early years -- Karl Marx -- Emile Durkheim -- Max Weber -- Georg Simmel -- Modern sociological theory: the major schools. A historical sketch of socioilogical theory: the later years -- Structural functionalism, systems theory, and conflict theory -- Varieties of neo-Marxian theory -- Symbolic interactionism -- Etnomethodology -- Exchange, network, and rational choice theories -- Contemporary feminist theory -- Micro-macro and agency-structure integration -- From modern to pstmodern social theory (and beyond). Contemporary theories of modernity -- Theories of race and colonialism -- Globalization theory -- Structuralism, poststructuralism, and postmodern social theory -- Social theory in the 21st century ER -