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Author(s): Fabio Rojas Date: 2024 Format: pdf Language: English ISBN/ASIN: 0231181655   Pages: 232 OCR: Quality: ISBN13:   Uploader: maveriks Upload Date: 10/15/2023 12:21:32 AM       To download click on link in the Links Table below                                                                        Description: Click to see full description Theory for the Working Sociologist makes social theory easy to understand by revealing sociology's hidden playbook. Fabio Rojas argues that sociologists use four different theoretical "moves" when they try to explain the social world: how groups defend their status, how people strategically pursue their goals, how values and institutions support each other, and how people create their social reality. Rojas uses famous sociological studies to illustrate these four types of theory and show how students and researchers may apply them to their interests. The guiding light of the book is the concept of the "social mechanism," which clearly and succinctly links causes and effects in social life. Drawing on dozens of empirical studies that define modern sociology and focusing on the nuts and bolts of social explanation, Rojas reveals how areas of study within the field of sociology that at first glance seem dissimilar are, in fact, linked by shared theoretical underpinnings. In doing so, he elucidates classical and contemporary theory, and connects both to essential sociological findings made throughout the history of the field. Aimed at undergraduate students, graduate students, journalists, and interested general readers who want a more formal way to understand social life, Read more Links Table     Title Link Password Size (MB) Thank to Inform Admin 3206374 Book https://rapidgator.net/file/bd8ad0f414f3...   0.00 maveriks Tags: Sociologist Theory Working Title Link Password Size Reason Dead link New format   Those who downloaded this book also downloaded the following books: Comments New comment:

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