01935ctm a2200349 a 45000010009000000050017000090060001000260070003000270080041000300100017000710200041000880200025001290200022001540350024001760400059002000420014002590500021002730820014002941000019003082450065003272600037003923000034004295040064004635050798005276500033013259060045013589250044014039420007014479610006014549990015014609520110014751734832620250312110450.0ta160906s2010    enka     b    001 0 eng d  a  2012406183  a9781847426758 (hbk.) :c1079.50 birr  a9781847426758 (hbk.)  a1847426743 (pbk.)  a(OCoLC)ocn466359665  aBTCTAbengcBTCTAdYDXCPdZ5UdEYMdCDXdEREdBDXdDLC  alccopycat00aH61b.R2193 201004a300.12221 aRansome, Paul.10aSocial theory for beginners /h[manuscript] /cPaul Ransome.  aBristol :bPolicy Press,cc2010.  axvi, 480 p. :bill. ;c24 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 465-472) and index.0 aIntroduction: 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. 0aSocial sciencesxPhilosophy.  a7bcbcccopycatd2encipf20gy-gencatlg0 aacquireb2 shelf copiesxpolicy default  cBKwlt9  c5881d5881  00104070aEGSTLbEGSTLcCIRCd2025-03-09l0o300.1 Ran 2010p15812r2025-06-30 00:00:00w2025-03-09yBK