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Understanding Archaeological Theory
Initially I hadn’t planned to explore theoretical archaeology. I used to believe that the prime duty of archaeology was to unearth and investigate...
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A qualitative simulation checking approach of programmed grounded theory and its application in workers’ involvement: extending Corbin and Struss’ grounded theory checking mechanism
The validity and reliability of a grounded theory research based on interpretivism involves four dimensions: credibility, transferability,...
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Feminist Theory
This chapter is organized by themes rather than authors. This choice is because feminist theorists conceive sociological theory as a tool to change...
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Does the Phrase “Conspiracy Theory” Matter?
Research on conspiracy theories has proliferated since 2016, in part due to the US election of President Trump, the COVID-19 pandemic, and...
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Integration Theory
The concept of the integration of membership systems should be used in sociological theory as a general reference problem and not formulated from the...
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Computing grounded theory: a quantitative method to develop theories
The inductive logic of grounded theory and the principle of avoiding theoretical preconceptions are significantly different from the deductive logic...
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Thoughts on Integrating Evolutionary Analysis into Sociological Action Theory
It is explored if and to what extent two approaches in behavioral sciences, which are promising with respect to an evolutionary grounded, integrative...
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The ethical implications of resonance theory
In the first part of this paper, I want to look at the ethical implications of Hartmut Rosa’s Resonance theory for a critical theory of society. I...
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Adapting and blending grounded theory with case study: a practical guide
This article tackles how to adapt grounded theory by blending it with case study techniques. Grounded theory is commended for enabling qualitative...
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The Theory of Rational Choice
After exposing the prisoner’s dilemma, this chapter will explore the thinking of four representatives of this school of thought and their approaches...
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Marxism and Conflict Theory
This chapter provides an introduction to Marxist theory, including the contributions of Gramsci and Lukács, followed by an overview of the most...
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Discursive Theory of Law
This chapter is devoted to the analysis of Habermas’s discursive theory of law. The relationship between morality and law is particularly significant...
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Sociological Theory From Comte to Postcolonialism
This textbook analyses the work of classical and contemporary sociological theorists. The first part is dedicated to Comte, Spencer, Marx, Durkheim,...
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A Marxist-Humanist perspective on Stuart Hall’s communication theory
At the end of his life, Stuart Hall called for the reengagement of Cultural Studies and Marxism. This paper contributes to this task. It analyses...
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Social Theory and Transgender: Beyond Polarization
This paper argues that social theory can cast light on some of the main themes in current debates about trans issues. It considers four such themes:...
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Discursive Theory of Democracy
The discursive theory of democracy attempts to base democracy on the relationship between civil society, the public sphere, discourse, and formal...
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Karl Polanyi against postcolonial theory: beyond Eurocentric anti-Eurocentrism
Postcolonial theory has been at the forefront of attempts to remedy the problem of Eurocentrism. This article argues that postcolonial theory has not...
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Introduction to Advancing Theory, Measurement, and Research in Identity Theory
For more than 50 years, social psychologists have been investigating a central aspect of the self: one’s identity. This volume presents recent...
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Forgetting the Founders? The Uses of Classical Theory Today
It is commonly held that the most laudable research is constructed around a healthy interplay among theories, methods, and data. Despite this...
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Coproducing Wellbeing Policy: A Theory of Thriving in Financial Hardship
We describe a replicable process for coproducing a theory of ‘thriving’, or more broadly ‘wellbeing’, in partnership with stakeholders to inform an...
