Theoretical Sociology

Jonathan H. Turner (PhD, Cornell University) is Distinguished Professor of sociology at the University of California at Riverside and University Professor for the University of California. The leading authority on sociological theory, Dr. Turner is the author of 38 influential books, which have been published in twelve different languages, as well as the author of many research articles in numerous journals and books.

• Theoretical SociologyThe Classical Period, 1830-1935August Comte and The Emergence of SociologyHerbert SpencerKarl MarxThe Max WeberGeorg SimmelEmile DurkheimGeorge Herbert MeadThe Classical Roots of Contemporary TheorizingThe Modern EraFunctional TheorizingGeneral Systems TheorizingEcological TheorizingEvolutionary TheorizingConflict TheorizingExchange TheorizingSymbolic Interactionist TheorizingRole and Status TheorizingDramaturgical TheorizingPhenomenological and Ethnomethodological TheorizingStructuralist Theorizing (include structuration theory, network theory)Cultural TheorizingPostmodern TheorizingEuropean Critical TheorizingAmerican-style Critical TheorizingThe State of Sociological TheoryElements of Scientific TheorizingOvercoming Roadblocks to CumulativeExplanatory Theory in Sociology