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From: SHAFER@BINAH.CC.BRANDEIS.EDU
 10 May 1996 11:07:17 -0500 (EST)
Date: Fri, 10 May 1996 11:07:17 -0500 (EST)
Subject: re:good books
To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU

I am preparing a contemporary theory course for undergraduates for the fall.
Here is a list of some of my source books in theory.
General Textbook:
	The Growth of Sociological Theory. David Westby. Prentice Hall
	Four Sociological Traditions. Randall Collins.Oxford Univ. Press.
Critical Theory.
	Introduction to Critical Theory. David Held. Univ. of Calif. Press
Symbolic Interactionism.
	Symbolic Interactionism:Perspective and Method. Herbert Blumer.
	Univ. of California Press.
Feminist Social Theory.
	Feminist Practice and Poststructuralist Theory. Chris Weedon.
	Blackwell Pub.
	Unruly Practices. Nancy Fraser.Univ. of Minnesota Press
Social Theory Reader.
	Social Theory: The Multicultural and Classic Reader. Charles
	Lemert. Westview Press.

The Lemert reader provides an excellent overview of social theory in the
introductions to each chapter. Good Luck it sounds like you will have
a busy summer reading in both methods and theory.

david shafer
brandeis univ.