Full Description
This text presents the most important and influential social psychological theories and research programs in contemporary sociology. Original chapters by the scholars who initiated and developed these theoretical perspectives provide full descriptions of each theory, its background, development, and future. The first four chapters cover general approaches, organized around fundamental principles and issues-symbolic interaction, social exchange, distributive justice, and rational choice. The following chapters focus on specific research programs and theories, examining identity, affect, comparison processes, power and dependence, social exchange, status construction, and legitimacy. A concluding chapter provides an analysis of and commentary on the state of the theoretical programs in sociological social psychology. Contributors: Peter J. Burke, Joseph Berger, Coye Cheshire, Karen S. Cook, Pamela Emanuelson, Alexandra Gerbasi, Karen A. Hegtvedt, Michael A. Hogg, Guillermina Jasso, Edward J. Lawler, Michael W. Macy, George J. McCall, Linda D. Molm, Cecilia L. Ridgeway, Dawn T. Robinson, Lynn Smith-Lovin, Jan E. Stets, Jonathan H. Turner, Murray Webster Jr.,David Willer, and Morris Zelditch, Jr.
Contents
Contents Contributors x Preface xx Peter J. Burke Chapter 1: Symbolic Interaction 1 George J. McCall Chapter 2: The Social Exchange Framework Linda D. Molm Chapter 3: Justice Frameworks Karen A. Hegtvedt Chapter 4: Rational Choice Michael W. Macy Chapter 5: Identity Theory Jan E. Stets Chapter 6: Social Identity Theory Michael A. Hogg Chapter 7: Affect Control Theory Dawn T. Robinson and Lynn Smith-Lovin Chapter 8: The Theory of Comparison Processes Guillermina Jasso Chapter 9: Power, Dependence and Social Exchange Karen S. Cook, Coye Cheshire, and Alexandra Gerbasi Chapter 10: Elementary Theory David Willer and Pamela Emanuelson Chapter 11: Social Exchange Edward J. Lawler Chapter 12: The Affect Theory of Expectations, Status, and Behavior Joseph Berger and Murray Webster Jr. Chapter 13: Status Construction Theory Cecilia L. Ridgeway Chapter 14: Legitimacy Theory Morris Zelditch, Jr. Chapter 15: The State of Theorizing in Sociological Social Psychology: A Grand Theorist's View Jonathan H. Turner Index
