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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- 1 The Value of Labour-Power and Health -- 2 Durkheim and Social Realism: An Approach to Health and Illness -- 3 Bodies of Knowledge: Foucault and the Problem of Human Anatomy -- 4 The Lost Subject of Medical Sociology -- 5 Parsons, Role Theory, and Health Interaction -- 6 Goffman, Interactionism, and the Management of Stigma in Everyday Life -- 7 Habermas and the Power of Medical Expertise -- 8 Rationalism, Bureaucracy, and the Organization of the Health Services: Max Weber's Contribution to Understanding Modern Health Care Systems -- 9 Political Science and Health Policy -- Index.

In this paper, the author considers relation between sociology and constructivist perspective, which is one of the most current approaches in social science. Even though social constructivism offered significant alternative to contemporary sociology: opposite in the to the traditional paradigms, it is not a homogeneous meta-theory yet. In that respect the author concludes that social constructivism appeared in the period when traditional heritage of science is endanger with various discourses of reality; men, knowledge, science, and truth, and on the other hand, with the interior theoretical and epistemological and methodological discrepancy.

This is the second of two papers on measurement models in sociology. The concepts of Ordinal Graph and Ordinal Simplex are elaborated and their applicability to some major theoretical problems outlined.

Professor John Rex was one of Britain's most eminent sociologists, and a teacher of a whole generation of sociology students. In this book he presents a stimulating introduction to the major issues of sociological theory and gives an account of the perspective which has informed his thinking and writing. He deals with the objectives of sociological investigation, the methods it uses and how in these respects it resembles or differs from natural science and history. He goes on to discuss the work of Weber, Durkheim, Marx, Engels, Mills and other important theorists, and concludes with a convinc

Introducing readers to the most important thinkers and schools of thought in contemporary sociological theory - from Parsons and Merton to the Frankfurt School to Foucault, Bourdieu, Giddens and Hochschild - this accessible textbook firmly locates key ideas in social, political and historical context. By doing so, it helps students understand the development of central sociological concepts and how they can help us understand the contemporary world. The book includes: Lively biographical sections to help readers get to know each thinker Clear and easy-to-understand accounts of each theorist's arguments - and the most common criticismsKey concept boxes highlighting the most influential ideas This comprehensive textbook brings the diverse field of contemporary sociological theory to life. Essential reading for all students in Sociology and Sociological Theory.

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