TY  - BOOK
AU  - Srivastava, Vinay Kumar
TI  - Contributions to sociological theory
SN  - 9788132113867
U1  - 301.0954 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Sage
KW  - SOCIOLOGY
KW  - SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY
KW  - INDIAN SOCIOLOGY
N1  - Table of contents:

Part I: On concepts and methods

1. Newness in sociological enquiry
2. Paradigms and discourses: new frontiers in the sociology of knowledge
3. Relevance of the marxist approach to the study of Indian society
4. Altruistic suicide: a subjective approach
5. Rational social acyion as a basis for creative comparisons
6. Feminist social theories: theme and variations
7. Social structure

Part II: On sociological thinkers

8. Vidyas: a homage to auguste comte
9. Max weber's theory of social stratification: controversies, contexts and correctives
10. Malinowski on freedom and civilization
11. Some reflection on karl popper's theory of social explanation
12. Outsider bias and ethnocentricity: the case of gunnar myrdal
13. Robert merton's formulations in sociology of science
14. Bourdieu's theory of the symbolic and the shah bano case
ER  -