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Reading list 'Contemporary Sociological Theory '

  1. A theory of fields - Fligstein, Neil.
  2. Agents of reform : child labor and the origins of the welfare state - Anderson, Elisabeth,
  3. Becoming a revolutionary : the deputies of the French National Assembly and the emergence of a revolutionary culture (1789-1790) - Tackett, Timothy,
  4. Deciding who lives : fateful choices in the intensive-care nursery - Anspach, Renee R.
  5. Distinction : a social critique of the judgment of taste - Bourdieu, Pierre,
  6. Foundations of social theory - Coleman, James S.,
  7. Framed by gender : how gender inequality persists in the modern world - Ridgeway, Cecilia L.
  8. Hard choices : how women decide about work, career and motherhood - Gerson, Kathleen.
  9. Imagined Futures : Fictional Expectations and Capitalist Dynamics - Beckert, Jens.
  10. Norms in the wild : how to diagnose, measure, and change social norms - Bicchieri, Cristina,
  11. Ruling oneself out : a theory of collective abdications - Ermakoff, Ivan.
  12. Sour Grapes - Tāmir, Zakarīyā,
  13. The theory of communicative action - Habermas, Jürgen.

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