Classical and Contemporary Sociological Theory: Text and Readings

Classical and Contemporary Sociological Theory: Text and Readings

By: Scott Appelrouth   Laura Desfor Edles  

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A hybrid of text and readings that provides both original works and a theoretical and historical framework for understanding them, this unique text/ reader format helps motivate students by presenting readings within an accessible, helpful framework to help minimize the anxiety that often surrounds theory courses.

Key Features:

· Text plus readings in a unique "hybrid” format; the text provides students the analytical  
  guidance necessary to interpret important original readings.

· A metatheoretical framework presented in Chapter 1 provides students with a framework for better understanding the theoretical perspectives that are introduced through teh book.

· Pedagogical tools and visual aids, such as chapter-ending discussion questions and photos of the theorists, engage student interest.

· Features historical as well as contemporary applications of theories.

Ancillaries!
Instructors' Resources on CD-ROM are available by contacting Customer Care (1.800.818.7243, 6 am - 5 pm, PT) and include PowerPoint slides and test banks for each chapter, unlike most other theory books.

Intended Audience
This is a book that will be used in a course where the breadth of the development of sociological theory is covered in one semester.

Publisher: Pine Forge Press

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