This course reviews some of the most important developments in contemporary sociological theory. It examines work in such areas as relational sociology; rational-choice theory and ethnomethodology; ...

Use of sociological theories, research, community-based learning, and civic engagement activities to help students analyze and explore the role of the individual in influencing community and society ...

Media Sociology and Journalism is a dialogue on contemporary society as defined through news media, politics and contemporary sociological theory. The tenacity of deeply opposing truth claims in ...

He will offer two full courses to be given in the Department of Economics, one an undergraduate course in contemporary sociological theories, and the other a graduate course on social organization.

Since the early 1990’s recognition theory, as advanced by Axel Honneth and others, has become a crucial framework for contemporary social research examining modern societal dynamics in a large number ...