Critical Issues in Social Theory

by John Kenneth Rhoads

Critical Issues in Social Theory is an analytical survey of persistent controversies that have shaped the field of sociology. It defines, clarifies, and proposes solutions to these "critical issues" through commentary on the writings of such influential social theorists as Hobbes, Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Mead, Merton, Parsons, and Schutz. Instead of being just another history, or another classification of theories, Rhoads's four-part model allows him...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271007532
• ISBN13: 9780271007533
• Release Date: April 1991
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"