Rethinking Contemporary Social Theory

Synopsis

The Authors Recontextualize Contemporary Sociological Theory To Argue That In Recent Decades Sociology Has Been Deeply Permeated By A New Paradigm, Conflict Constructionism. Their Analysis Integrates And Sheds New Light On Eight Prominent Domains Of Recent Social Thought: The Micro-level; Discourses, Framing, And Renewed Interest In Signs And Language; The Construction Of Difference And Dominance; Regulation And Punishment; Cultural Complexity And Transculturation; The Body; New Approaches To The Role Of The State; And A Consistent Conflict Perspective. The Paradigm Combines Elements Of Both Social Construction Theory And Conflict Theory. It Has Deep Roots In Critical Theory And More Recent Links To Postmodernism. It Is Associated With Postmodern Social Thought, Although It Is Less Radical And More Adaptable To Empirical Inquiry Than Postmodernism. The Authors Tie Their New Conceptualization Of Social Theory To Contemporary Applications Of Social Theory In Everyday Life--page [4] Of Cover. Paradigms -- Paradigms In Sociology -- Conflict Constructionism : Elements Of The Paradigm -- History Of A Paradigm -- Paradigm Change In Selected Subfields -- Deep Impact : The New Paradigm Becomes Dominant -- Difference And Dominance : Race-ethnicity And Gender -- Culture In An Era Of Globalization (soltero) -- The Media In The Information Age : Surface Intensities And Total Symbolic Environments -- Sociology Of The Self : From Personality To Persona -- Paradigms In Play -- Political Sociology And The Analysis Of Collective Action : Old And New In Harmony -- Urban Sociology And Spatial Analysis : Paradigms In Co-existence -- Disruptions In The Field Formerly Known As Sociology Of Deviance (scott And Thompson) -- Paradigm Limited -- Social Class And Socio-economic Inequality -- Contemporary Theories Of Family Life (medina Runnfeldt And Artis) -- (chapter Thirteen) The Sociology Of Health, Illness, And Medical Practice: Paradigms Reconstituted In A Trans-disciplinary Field (budrys) -- Conclusion -- References -- Reading Suggestions -- Charts / By Dan Causton -- Origins And Elements Of Conflict Constructionism -- Conflict Constructionism As An Anti-paradigm To Structural-functionalism. Roberta Garner, Black Hawk Hancock, And Grace Budrys. Separate Page Counts For The Glossary, References, Suggested Readings, Index, And Author/contributor Information. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.