This course reviews some of the most important developments in contemporary sociological theory. It examines work in such areas as relational sociology; rational-choice theory and ethnomethodology; ...

Conflict theory is an idea presented by Karl Marx that suggests competition for resources keeps people in conflict. Conflict theory offers one explanation for the struggle between socioeconomic groups ...

People don't stop being people at work. Conflict unfortunately is inevitable. But organizational conflict theory says there are several varieties of conflicts within an organization--inter-personal ...

Teaching Sociology, Vol. 37, No. 3, Special Issue on the Sociology of the Classroom (Jul., 2009), pp. 233-244 (12 pages) Teaching Sociology's emphasis on the scholarship of teaching and learning has ...

This course is divided in four parts. In the first part, we will discuss various definitions of "sociological theory" and reflect on approaches to studying theories, including the sociology of ...