Social theory for beginners / (Record no. 13929)

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fixed length control field 01154nam a22001457a 4500
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 9781847426741 (pbk.)
050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number MED H61
Item number .R2193 2010
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME
Personal name Ransome, Paul.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Social theory for beginners /
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication Bristol :
Name of publisher Policy Press,
Year of publication c2010.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Number of Pages xvi, 480 p. :
Other physical details ill. ;
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Introduction: who is this book for and how do I use it? -- What is social theory? -- Where did social theory come from? -- Emile Durkheim and the coming of industrial society -- Karl Marx, capitalism and revolution -- Max Weber, rational capitalism and social action -- Talcott Parsons, functionalism and the social system -- Social interactionism and the real lives of social actors -- Western Marxism, Antonio Gramsci and the Frankfurt School -- Language, structure, meaning -- Discourse and power: Post-structuralist social theory -- Feminist social theory -- Reviving theories of modernity: Habermas, Giddens and Bourdieu -- Theories of modernity and post-modernity -- Reflexive modernisation: the global dimension and cultural theory -- The boundary problem in contemporary social theory.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Social sciences
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Koha item type Books
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Withdrawn status Lost status Not for loan Collection code Home library Current library Shelving location Date entered Source of acquisition Cost, normal purchase price Full call number Bar code Koha item type
      Shelf #1 Directorate of Library Services Directorate of Library Services Social Science Collection 08/20/2021 Book Aid 264500.00 MED H61.R2193 000000107167 Books