Theory on Gender: Feminism on Theory

Book Overview

How do various social theories explain gender inequality? In this collection of original essays, prominent sociologists discuss the strengths and the limitations of the theoretical traditions within which they have worked: Marxism, world system theory, macrostructural theories, rational choice theory, neofunctionalism, psychoanalysis, ethnomethodology, expectation states theory, poststructuralist symbolic interactionism, and network theory.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 020230437X
• ISBN13: 9780202304373
• Release Date: March 1993
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 377 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"