Formal theory in sociology : opportunity or pitfall?

Author(s)

• Hage, Jerald

Bibliographic Information

Formal theory in sociology : opportunity or pitfall?

edited by Jerald Hage

（SUNY series, the new inequalities）

State University of New York Press, c1994

• : hbk
• : pbk

Note

Bibliography: p. 181-195

Includes indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

A group of renowned sociological theorists analyze why the attempts to make sociological theory formal in the 1960s and early 1970s failed. This becomes not only an unusual and interesting analysis in the sociology of knowledge, but several of the articles move to the level of analyzing the entire discipline, explaining why positivism did not take hold and what are the distinctive characteristics of sociology as a discipline. Anyone interested in sociology as a discipline and more specifically sociological theory will find interesting analytical models.

Table of Contents

Introduction Jerald Hage Part 1: The Demise of Theory Construction 1. Did Social Science Break Down in the 1970s? Randall Collins and David Waller 2. The Failure of Sociology to Institutionalize Cumulative Theorizing Jonathan Turner 3. Sociological Theory: Complex, Fragmented, and Politicized Jerald Hage 4. Sociological Theory: The Half-full Cup Bernard P. Cohen Part 2: Alternative Strategies for Developing Formal Theory 5. Resistance in Sociology to Formal Theory Construction Jack P. Gibbs 6. Sociological Theory: What Has Gone Wrong and How to Put It Right: A View from Britain. Peter Abell 7. What Have We Failed to Systematize Reality's Complexities? Hubert M. Blalock, Jr. 8. Formal Theory Construction in Gender Sociology: An Unexploited Gold Mine of Possibilities Janet Saltzman Chafetz 9. Constructing Bridges between Sociological Paradigms and Levels: Trying to Make Sociological Theory More Complex, Less Fragmented, and Less Politicized Jerald Hage Part 3: Implications for the Discipline 10. Recommendations from Jerald Hage 11. Recommendations from Jonathan Turner References Index

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Details

• NCID: BA23643885
• ISBN:
  • 0791419517
  • 0791419525
• LCCN: 93032114
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Albany
• Pages/Volumes: ix, 204 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HM24
  • DC20 : 301/.01
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Sociology -- Methodology
  • LCSH : Sociology -- Philosophy
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA12978917