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Central to most sociologists' self-image is the claim that their theories are based on research. However, using a random sample of 680 articles appearing in major American, British and Canadian journals, Dr Menzies shows that in some areas of sociology the wide gap between theory and research means that much of sociological theory is virtually untested. He explains how theory is embodied in eight particular types of research, critically examines these research theories, and contrasts them with the positions of modern theorists. The sample of journal articles also permits a comparison of Britis

Sociological Theory Beyond the Canon -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction: Eurocentrism, Androcentrism and Sociological Theory -- Rethinking Social Theory: Critiquing Eurocentrism -- Introducing Non-Western Social Thought -- Rethinking Sociological Theory: Critiquing Androcentrism -- Introducing Women Thinkers -- Social Thought and Social Theory -- References -- Ibn Khaldun (1332-1406) -- The Life and Times of Ibn Khaldun -- An Outline of Ibn Khaldun's Sociological Theory -- The Method of the New Science -- The Theory of State Formation and Decline -- The Understanding of Reform -- The Marginalization and Recovery of Ibn Khaldun in Modern Sociology -- Conclusion -- Reference -- Karl Marx (1818-1883) -- An Outline of Marx's Sociological Theory -- Feudalism and the Rise of Capitalism -- The Feudal System -- The Rise of Capitalism -- The Asiatic Mode of Production -- Alienation -- Class and Class Consciousness in Capitalist Society -- Capitalism and the State -- The Role of Ideology -- Conclusion -- Harriet Martineau (1802-1876) -- Introduction -- A General Outline of Martineau's Sociological Theories -- Fiction as Social Commentary -- Martineau's 'Science of Morals and Manners' -- Martineau's Compromised Feminism? -- Martineau's Encounter with America -- Freedom and Happiness -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Max Weber (1864-1920) -- An Outline of Weber's Sociological Theory -- Methodology -- The Origins of Modern Capitalism -- The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism -- Weberian Orientalism -- Weber's Orientalism -- The Attribution of Orientalism to Weber -- Social Action, Rationalization and the Metaphor of the Iron Cage -- The Sociology of Authority, Bureaucracy and Excessive Bureaucratization -- Conclusion -- José Rizal (1861-1896) -- Outline of Rizal's Social Theory -- Rizal's Views on Colonial Society.

Originally published in 1974. Scientific Knowledge and Sociological Theory centres on the problem of explaining the manifest variety and contrast in the beliefs about nature held in different groups and societies. It maintains that the sociologist should treat all beliefs symmetrically and must investigate and account for allegedly ""correct"" or ""scientific"" beliefs just as he would ""incorrect"" or ""unscientific"" ones. From this basic position a study of scientific beliefs is constructed. The sociological interest of such beliefs is illustrated and a sociological perspec

This paper discusses critically some major developments of post-Parsonian sociological/social theory, focusing particularly on the micro-macro and agency-structure issues. The failure to deal in a satisfactory manner with these issues has led to a theoretical impasse that present theorising does not seem able to overcome.