Explorations in Social Theory : From Metatheorizing to Rationalization.
In this essential new book, George Ritzer considers some of the main tendencies in contemporary social theory. Included here are his latest reflections on the uses and misuses of metatheory.
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| Format: | eBook Electronic |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Imprint: | London : SAGE Publications, 2001. |
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| Local Note: | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. |
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Table of Contents:
- Part 1. Metatheorizing
- Metatheorizing in Sociology
- The Delineation of an Underlying Architectonic
- Sociology
- a Multiple Paradigm Science
- Toward an Integrated Sociological Paradigm
- Image of the Subject Matter
- Potential Examplars for an Integrated Sociological Paradigm
- Methodological Relationism
- Lessons for and from Social Psychology
- From Exclusion to Inclusion to Chaos (?) In Sociological Theory
- The Implications of Postmodern Social Theory for Metatheorizing in Sociology
- Part 2. Rationalization Theory
- Rationalization and Deprofessionalization of Physicians
- The McDonaldization of Society
- Hyperrationality
- An Extension of Weberian and Neo-Weberian Theory
- Mannheim's Theory of Rationalization
- An Alternative Resource for the McDonaldization Thesis?
- The McDonaldization of American Sociology
- a Metasociological Analysis