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; ...

Violence matters. It has been scrutinized by numerous researchers, from anthropologists to zoologists. Yet virtually all the discoveries and insights so accumulated — including those from sociology — ...

This course is divided in four parts. In the first part, we will discuss various definitions of "sociological theory" and reflect on approaches to studying theories, including the sociology of ...