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On the level of overall social theory thinking, there have been only very few thinkers in the past decades who have conceived a theory that contain detailed analysis in terms of several social spheres. The French Pierre Bourdieu and the German Niklas Luhmann are definitely two of the few, and their impact can be shown, albeit the approach applied is different in each scientists' community, all over the world in social science analyses. Having dug himself into the works of both sociologists, one will soon reveal that these two theories show similarities in several respects, and also find points of departure totally different from each other. This paper attempts to describe some of the differences and some of the similarities between the theories of Luhmann and Bourdieu.

Explores two contemporary theories of the family-rational choice theory & transition theory that illuminate what differing theories reveal about families. The book also discusses how meta-theories can assist in refining theory, & offers insight on the 'understanding versus explanation' debate

""Inhalt""; ""Vorwort""; ""Vorwort""; ""A Grundlegende Fragen""; ""1 Theorie und Theoriebildung""; ""2 Klassifikation von Theorien""; ""3 Theoriengeschichte""; ""Î? Realistische Schule""; ""4 Klassischer Realismus""; ""5 Neorealismus""; ""6 Gleichgewichtstheorie""; ""C Liberal-Institutionalistische Schule""; ""7 Klassischer Liberalismus""; ""8 Neoliberalismus""; ""9 Interdependenztheorie""; ""10 Regimetheorie""; ""11 Integrationstheorie""; ""D Behavioristische Schule""; ""12 Aggressionstheorie""; ""13 Systemtheorie""; ""14 Spieltheorie""; ""15 Entscheidungstheorie