{"product_id":"the-nature-and-types-of-don-martindale-9780415605021","title":"The Nature and Types of Sociological Theory","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Don Martindale\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415605024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415605021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/20\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 572\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.16d","brand":"Don Martindale","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48086632005887,"sku":"9780415605021","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_aadc0651-1a34-400b-b9d7-923f13b2aee5.jpg?v=1769095735","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-nature-and-types-of-don-martindale-9780415605021","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}