Capture Social Theory: Roots And Branches (Readings) Chronicled By Peter J. Kivisto Available In EPub
organized and edited book of contemporary social theories, Fundamental book for a Sociologists still aiming to break into the field, good book for a social theory class historical or modern theory, used several articles for intro to sociology class, the works are a bit heady
for an intro class but still lets students read the "real" theorist rather than just lecturing about them, As the title of this book already says, it is a collection of works that describe and explain the fundamentals of social theory,
It was a required book for my social science class and even though it isn't an English literature student's cup of tea, I still found it to be informative and educational.
sitelinkElliotScribbles This was the second text in my graduate theory class, and I enjoyed it much more than the Ritzer amp Goodman text.
Kivisto is much more eloquent and engaging, which makes the theories themselves much more accessible, Reading for Contemporary Sociological Theory Seventy selections comprise this introductory sociological reader, Kivisto Augustana College has organized the material into sections containing writings the founding figures of the discipline fromtoroots and contributions from the proliferations of schools that followed branches.