The Nature and Types of Sociological Theory (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780415605021)

First Published in 1998. This is Volume XI of twenty-two in a series on Social Theory and Methodology. Notions are widespread that sociological theory is either an industrious activity on the drawing boards of the architects of fantasy or a branch of esoterics operating in a shadowy realm of semi-darkness. The present study holds neither of these conceptions of sociological. The present study's function is to illuminate the difference between one theory and another. The power and reliability of a theory are not always evident all at once. A theory may have a power to explain what was not originally anticipated; it may also disclose the existence of problems it cannot explain.

Author: Don Martindale
ISBN-10: 0415605024
ISBN-13: 9780415605021
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 10/20/2010
Pages: 572
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.16d