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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part One: The Scientific Character of Social Theory -- 1. Social Theory According to Positivism -- 2. Social Theory According to Antipositivism -- Part Two: The Basic Units of Social Theory -- 3. Methodological Structuralism -- 4. Methodological Individualism -- Part Three. Rules and Social Order -- 5. The Normative Order -- 6. The Construction of Order -- Part Four: The Duality of Consensus and Conflict -- 7. Consensus -- 8. Conflict -- 9. The Limits of Rationality -- Notes -- Index

Following the demise of the USSR, contemporary Russian social theory is in disarray. Marxism-Leninism is dead. In its place are four strands of thought: (1) goes back to prerevolutionary Russian social theory; (2) imitates Western social theory, both analytic & continental; (3) attempts to develop an all-human perspective based on human rights; & (4) seeks a viable social theory that is Marxist in spirit but avoids the pitfalls of Soviet social development. This last idea is the most promising. AA

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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- New Preface for the Reissue of Social Theory and Social Policy -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Foreword -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Part One: Social Theory and The Development of Social Administration -- 1: A Search for Paternity Amongst the Founding Fathers -- Sociology and Problems of Social Welfare -- Durkheim and Moral Welfare -- Spencer and Social Welfare -- Marx and Social Reform -- Weber and State Welfare -- Summary -- 2: The Origins of Social Administration -- The Problem of Poverty: Early Theoretical Perspectives -- 'Blue-Book' Sociology and The Empirical Response to Theory -- Deterrence and Therapy-The Administrative Compromise -- Social Policy and The Economic Market -- Summary -- Part Two: The Uses of Social Theory -- 3: Ideology, Rhetoric and Evidence -- Normative Models of Social Welfare -- Relative Definitions of Social Need -- Social Criticism and The Use of Evidence -- Democracy and Social Justice -- Summary -- 4: Exchange and Stigma -- Social Services as Exchange Systems -- Public Services as Exchange Systems -- Dependency, Compassion and Stigma -- A Model of Social Welfare -- 5: Some Current Problems in Social Policy -- New Priorities in Policy-Making and Research -- The Contribution of the Social Scientist in Positive Discrimination Programmes -- Citizenship and Dependency -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

Introduction: three models of social theory in education -- Durkheimian social theory in education -- Marxist social theory in education -- Weberian social theory in education -- Conclusion: beyond classical sociology

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