2007 - 2006 - 2005 - 2004 - 2003 - 2002 - 2001 - 2000 - 1999 - JSTOR Classics

2007 Articles

For an `Energetic' Sociology, or, Why Coal, Gas, and Electricity Should Matter for Sociological Theory, by McKinnon, A.M. Critical Sociology, 33, 1/2; pp. 345-356; 2007. 

Narrative and Legitimacy: U.S. Congressional Debates about the Nonprofit Sector, by Jacobs, RN; Sobieraj, S. Sociological Theory, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 1-25; 2007.

Queer Theory and Sociology: Locating the Subject and the Self in Sexuality Studies, by Isaiah Green, A. Sociological Theory, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 26-45; 2007. 

Against Narrative: A Preface to Lyrical Sociology, by Abbott, A. Sociological Theory, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 67-99; 2007. 

Foundations of Critical Theory: On the History of the Frankfurt School, by Sunker, H. International Sociology, Vol. 22, No. 2; pp. 129-137; 2007. 

Social Theory and its Relation to Social Problems, by Caputo, R.K. Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, Vol. 34, No. 1; pp. 43-62; 2007. 

2006 Articles

The Place of Lester Ward among the Sociological Classics, by Chriss, James J. Journal of Classical Sociology, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 5-21, Mar 2006. 

Peirce and the Founding of American Sociology, by Wiley, Norbert. Journal of Classical Sociology, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 23-50, Mar 2006. 

Calhoun's Social Science, by Beilharz, Peter. Thesis Eleven, vol. 84, no. 1, pp. 133-140, Feb 2006.

Critical Sociology and the Interdisciplinary Imagination, by Vanantwerpen, Jonathan. Thesis Eleven, vol. 84, no. 1, pp. 60-72, Feb 2006. 

Diffuse Status Characteristics and the Spread of Status Value: A Formal Theory, by Berger, Joseph; Fisek, M Hamit. American Journal of Sociology, vol. 111, no. 4, pp. 1038-1079, Jan 2006. 

2005 Articles

The Influence of Sociology on Economics: Selected Themes and Instances from Classical Sociological Theory, by Zafirovski, Milan. Journal of Classical Sociology, 2005, 5, 2, July, 123-156. 

Theory Programs and Theoretical Problems, by Berger, Joseph; Willer, David; Zelditch, Morris. Sociological Theory, 2005, 23, 2, June, 127-155. 

Teaching Sociological Theory through Active Learning: The Irrigation Exercise, by Holtzman, Mellisa. Teaching Sociology, 2005, 33, 2, Apr, 206-212. 

For Social Theory: Alvin Gouldner's Last Project and Beyond, by Antonio, Robert J. Current Perspectives in Social Theory, 2005, 23, 71-129. 

2004 Articles

Symposium on Jeffrey Alexander and the Project of Cultural Sociology. Thesis Eleven, November 2004. With contributions by Peter Beilharz, Mustafa Emirbayer, Kenneth Thompson, Ron Eyerman, Bernhard Giesen, Trevor Hogan, Beryl Langer, Fuyuki Kurasawa, Karl E. Smith, Gregor McLennan, and Jeffrey C. Alexander. 

Symposium of Social Theory, edited by S.A. Arjomand. International Sociology, September 2004, vol. 19, issue 3.

Sociology and the Second Darwinian Revolution: A Metatheoretical Analysis, by Richard Machalek; Michael W. Martin. Sociological Theory, September 2004, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 455-476. 

Beyond the Gates of the Polis: Reconfiguring Sociology's Ancient Inheritance, by Inglis D.; Robertson R. Journal of Classical Sociology, July 2004, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 165-189. 

A Durkheimian Network Theory, by Segre S. Journal of Classical Sociology, July 2004, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 215-235.

Toward a General Sociological Theory of the Economy, by Turner J.H. Sociological Theory, June 2004, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 229-246. 

2003 Articles

Artificial Societies: Multiagent Systems and the Micro-Macro Link in Sociological Theory. Sawyer R.K. Sociological Methods & Research, 2003, vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 325-363.

"The Sociologist as Voyeur": Social Theory and Sexuality Research, 1910-1978: Sex and Sociology: Sociological Studies of Sexuality, 1910-1978. Irvine J.M. Qualitative Sociology, 2003, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 429-456.

How Can Sociological Theory Help Our Understanding of Addictions? Adrian, M. Substance Use and Misuse, 2003, vol. 38, no. 10, pp. 1385-1424. 

The Weber-Rachfahl Debate: Calvinism and Capitalism in Holland? (Part One). Bakker, J. I. (Hans). Michigan Sociological Review, 2003, vol. 17(Fall): 119-148.

2002 Articles

Snips and Snails and Theorists' Tales: Classical Sociological Theory and the Making of 'Sex'. Marshall B.L. Journal of Classical Sociology, 2002, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 135-155.

Teaching Sociological Theory Through Organizational Cases. Airsman L.A. Sociological Practice, 2002, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 129-144.

Human Rights and Modern Society: A Sociological Analysis from the Perspective of Systems Theory. Verschraegen G. Journal of Law and Society, 2002, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 258-281. 

Criminology, the Chicago School, and sociological theory. Short Jr. J.F. Crime, Law and Social Change, 2002, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 107-115.

2001 Articles

What Role for Emotions in Sociological Theory? Illouz E. Body & Society, 2001, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 97-102.

Parsons and Sorokin: A Comparison of the Founding of American Sociological Theory Schools. Zafirovski M. Journal of Classical Sociology, 2001, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 227-256.

Embodiment, experience and theory: in defence of the sociological tradition. Shilling C. The Sociological Review, 2001, vol. 49, no. 3, pp. 327-344.

On the Limits of Sociological Theory. Martin J.L. Philosophy of the Social Sciences, 2001, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 187-223. 

Consequences of Realism for Sociological Theory-Building. Brante T. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, 2001, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 167-195. 

What Collins's The Sociology of Philosophies Says about Sociological Theory. Goodman D. Sociological Theory, 2001, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 92-101. 

2000 Articles

Creativity and Master Trends in Contemporary Sociological Theory. Domingues J.M. European Journal of Social Theory, 2000, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 467-484. 

Shame and the Social Bond: A Sociological Theory. Scheff T.J. Sociological Theory, 2000, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 84-99. 

Rational choice theory and quantitative analysis. A comment on Goldthorpe's sociological alliance. Edling C. European Sociological Review, 2000, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 1-8. 


1999 Articles

Origin Myths in the Social Sciences: Fromm, the Frankfurt School and the Emergence of Critical Theory. Neil McLaughlin. Canadian Journal of Sociology 24, 1 (1999): 109-39. 

Unification of Sociological theory By the Rational Choice Model: Conceiving the Relationship Between Economics and Sociology. Zafirovski M. Sociology, 1999, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 495-514. 

A Postdisciplinary History of Disciplines: Two Recent Publications in the History of Sociology: Donald Levine's Visions of the Sociological Tradition and Johan Heilbron's The Rise of Social Theory. Joas H. European Journal of Social Theory, 1999, vol. 2, no. 1.

Toward a General Sociological Theory of Emotions. Turner J.H. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, 1999, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 133-161. 

Towards a Sociological Theory of Discretion. Campbell E. International Journal of the Sociology of Law, 1999, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 79-101.

Some JSTOR Classics

Social Behavior as Exchange. George C. Homans. American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 63, No. 6 (1958), pp. 597-606.

Sociological Theory From the Chicago Dominance to 1965. Lewis A. Coser. Annual Review of Sociology, Vol. 2. (1976), pp. 145-160.

Sociological Theory and Social Control. Morris Janowitz. American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 81, No. 1. (1975), pp. 82-108.

Mathematical Experimentation and Sociological Theory: A Critical Analysis. Robert L. Hamblin. Sociometry, Vol. 34, No. 4. (1971), pp. 423-452.

Types of Sociological Theory: Toward a System of Classification. Helmut R. Wagner. American Sociological Review, Vol. 28, No. 5. (1963), pp. 735-742.

Continuity in Sociological Theory: Some Critical Comments on Cloward and Ohlin's Delinquency and Opportunity. Irwin Deutscher. Journal of Educational Sociology, Vol. 36, No. 7. (1963), pp. 296-306.

An Epistemological View of Sociological Theory. Llewellyn Gross. American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 65, No. 5. (1960), pp. 441-448.

Toward a Sociological Theory of Motivation. Jonathan H. Turner. American Sociological Review, Vol. 52, No. 1. (1987), pp. 15-27.

Some Convergences in Sociological Theory. George A. Lundberg. American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 62, No. 1. (1956), pp. 21-27.

Sociological Theory and Contemporary Politics. Barrington Moore, Jr. American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 61, No. 2. (Sep., 1955), pp. 107-115.

Vitalizing Sociological Theory. Howard Becker. American Sociological Review, Vol. 19, No. 4. (1954), pp. 377-388.

Sociological Theory: Work in Progress. Robert Bierstedt. American Sociological Review, Vol. 17, No. 1. (1952), pp. 78-83.

The Prospects of Sociological Theory. Talcott Parsons. American Sociological Review, Vol. 15, No. 1. (1950), pp. 3-16.

The Position of Sociological Theory. Talcott Parsons. American Sociological Review, Vol. 13, No. 2. (1948), pp. 156-171.

Sociological Theory and Race Relations. E. Franklin Frazier. American Sociological Review, Vol. 12, No. 3. (1947), pp. 265-271.

Sociological Theory in Industrial Relations. Herbert Blumer. American Sociological Review, Vol. 12, No. 3. (1947), pp. 271-278.

Sociological Theory in Public Opinion and Attitude Studies. Alfred McClung Lee. American Sociological Review, Vol. 12, No. 3. (1947), pp. 312-323.

Sociological Theory. Robert K. Merton. American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 50, No. 6. (1945), pp. 462-473.

Methodological Presuppositions for the Evaluation of Social and Sociological Theory. Herbert A. Bloch. American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 50, No. 1. (1944), pp. 29-37.

A Prospectus of Sociological Theory. Albion W. Small. American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 26, No. 1. (1920), pp. 22-59.

Pluralistic Behavior: A Brief of Sociological Theory Restated. Franklin H. Giddings. American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 25, No. 4. (1920), pp. 385-404.

Social Classes in the Light of Modern Sociological Theory. Lester F. Ward. American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 13, No. 5. (1908), pp. 617-627. 

2007 - 2006 - 2005 - 2004 - 2003 - 2002 - 2001 - 2000 - JSTOR Classics

2007 Books 

Contemporary sociological theory and its classical roots: the basics, by George Ritzer. 2nd ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2007.

Human emotions: a sociological theory, by Jonathan H. Turner. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon; New York: Routledge, 2007. 

The invisible crisis of contemporary society : reconstructing sociology's fundamental assumptions, by Bernard Phillips and Louis C. Johnston. Boulder: Paradigm Publishers, 2007.

Before the second wave: gender in the sociological tradition, by Barbara Finlay. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2007. 

Sociological lives and ideas: an introduction to the classical theorists, by Fred C. Pampel. 2nd ed. New York: Worth Publishers, 2007.

Classical and contemporary sociological theory: text and readings, by Scott Appelrouth and Laura Desfor Edles. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Pine Forge Press, 2007. 

2006 Books 

Purpose, Meaning and Action: Control Systems Theory in Sociology, edited byMacClelland, Kent and Thomas J. Fararo. Palgrave-Macmillan, 2006.

Contemporary social and sociological theory : visualizing social worlds, by Kenneth Allan. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press, 2006. 

Classical sociological theory : rediscovering the promise of sociology, by Glenn A. Goodwin, Joseph A. Scimecca. Belmont, CA : Thomson/Wadsworth, 2006.

Auguste Comte, by Mike Gane. New York: Routledge, 2006. 

The theory primer: A sociological guide, by Mark Schneider. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield, 2006.

Goffman unbound! A new paradigm for social science, by Thomas J. Scheff. Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers, 2006. 

Social theory at work, edited by Marek Korczynski, Randy Hodson, Paul K. Edwards. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. 

2005 Books

Sociological theory: Classical statements, by David Ashley, David Michael Orenstein. 6th ed. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 2005.

Explorations in classical sociological theory: Seeing the social world, by Kenneth Allan. Thousand Oaks : Pine Forge Press, c2005. 

Dimensions of sociological theory, by David Cheal. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.

Sociological theory in the classical era: Text and readings, by Laura Desfor Edles, Scott Appelrouth. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press, 2005.

Contemporary sociological theory: Expanding the classical tradition, by Ruth A. Wallace, Alison Wolf. 6th ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, 2005.

2004 Books

Making Sense of Social Theory: A Practical Introduction, by Charles H. Powers. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, February 2004. 

Sociological Theory, 6th edition, by George Ritzer & Douglas J. Goodman. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2004.

Observing International Relations: Niklas Luhmann and World Politics, edited by Mathias Albert and Lena Hilkermeier. London; New York: Routledge, 2004.

2003 Books

Theories of Social Order: A Reader, edited by Michael Hechter and Christine Horne.   Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press, 2003.

The Study of Social Problems: Seven Perspectives, edited by Earl Rubington, Martin S. Weinberg. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003.

Gender and Social Theory, by Mary Evans. Buckingham, PH: Open University, 2003.

Introducing Social Theory, by Pip Jones. Cambridge, UK: Polity Press; Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2003.

Modern Sociological Theory, by George Ritzer and Douglas J. Goodman. Boston: Mcgraw Hill, 2003.

2002 Books 

Identity Formation, Agency, and Culture: a Social Psychological Synthesis, by James E. Côté. Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum, 2002.

New Directions in Contemporary Sociological Theory, edited by Joseph Berger and Morris Zelditch. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2002.

Contemporary Sociological Theory, edited by Craig Calhoun, et al. Series: Blackwell Readers in Sociology. Oxford: Blackwell, 2002.

Sociological Theory and the Environment: Classical Foundations, Contemporary Insights, edited by Riley E. Dunlap, et al. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2002.

Face To Face: Toward a Sociological Theory of Interpersonal Behavior, by Jonathan H. Turner. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2002.

Disciplinarity At the Fin De Siècle, edited by Amanda Anderson and Joseph Valente. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2002.

Marx For Our Times: Adventures and Misadventures of a Critique, by Daniel Bensaïd, Translated by Gregory Elliott. Bensaïd, Daniel. London; New York: Verso, 2002.

Rethinking the Frankfurt School: Alternative Legacies of Cultural Critique, edited by Jeffrey T. Nealon and Caren Irr. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2002.

Postponing the Postmodern: Sociological Practices, Selves, and theories, by Ben Agger. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2002. 

Emile Durkheim on the Family, by Mary Ann Lamanna.  Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2002.

2001 Books

Social Action Systems: Foundation and Synthesis in Sociological Theory, by Thomas J. Fararo. Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 2001.

Talcott Parsons Today: His Theory and Legacy in Contemporary Sociology, edited by A. Javier Treviño; Foreword by Neil J. Smelser. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2001. 

Roads To Dystopia: Sociological Essays On the Postmodern Condition, by Stanford M. Lyman. Series: Studies in American Sociology. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 2001. 

Interpreting Culture: Rethinking Method and Truth in Social Theory, by Joseph D. Lewandowski. Series: Modern German Culture and Literature. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2001.

Harriet Martineau: theoretical and Methodological Perspectives, edited by Michael R. Hill and Susan Hoecker-Drysdale; With An Introduction by Helen Znaniecka Lopata. Series: Women and Sociological Theory. New York: Routledge, 2001.

Handbook of Sociological Theory, edited by Jonathan H. Turner. Series: Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 2001.

Resource Book For Teaching Sociological Theory. Series: ASA Resource Materials For Teaching. Washington, DC: American Sociological Association, 2001.

New Horizons in Sociological Theory and Research: the Frontiers of Sociology At the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century, edited by Luigi Tomasi. Aldershot; Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate, 2001.

Emotion and Social Theory: Corporeal Reflections On the (Ir)Rational, by Simon J. Williams. London; Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, 2001.

Handbook of Social Theory, edited by George Ritzer and Barry Smart. London; Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE, 2001. 

Time Matters: On Theory and Method, by Andrew Abbott. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2001.

Subject, Society, and Culture, by Roy Boyne. Series: Theory, Culture & Society. London: Sage, 2001.

2000 Books

The Performance of Social Systems: Perspectives and Problems, edited by Francisco Parra-Luna. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 2000. 

The Blackwell Companion To Social Theory, edited by Bryan S. Turner. Series: Blackwell Companions To Sociology. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Publishers, Inc., 2000.

Reading Bourdieu On Society and Culture, edited by Bridget Fowler. Series: Sociological Review Monograph Series. Oxford; Malden, MA: Blackwell: the Sociological Review, 2000.

Social Theory After the Holocaust, edited by Robert Fine and Charles Turner. Series: Studies in Social and Political Thought. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2000.

Understanding Agency: Social Theory and Responsible Action, by Barry Barnes. London: Sage, 2000.

Social Theory and Social Change, by Trevor Noble. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000.

Florian Znaniecki's Sociological Theory and the Challenges of 21st Century, edited by Ellbieta Halas. Frankfurt Am Main; New York: Peter Lang, 2000.

THEORY BOOKS CLASSICS (per JSTOR Book Reviews)
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Mapping the Macro-Micro Routes in Sociological Theory. Macro-Sociological Theory & Micro-Sociological Theory: Perspectives on Sociological Theory, Vol. 2. H. J. Helle; S. N. Eisenstadt. Review by: Ruth A. Wallace. Contemporary Sociology, Vol. 16, No. 1. (1987), pp. 42-45.

Doing the History of American Sociological Theory!. American Sociological Theory: A Critical History. Robert Bierstedt. Founding Theory of American Sociology, 1881-1915. Roscoe C. Hinkle. Review by: Ellsworth R. Fuhrman. Contemporary Sociology, Vol. 12, No. 3. (1983), pp. 264-267.

Point and Counterpoint in Current Sociological Theory. Sociological Theory 1984. Randall Collins. Review by: Don Martindale. Contemporary Sociology, Vol. 14, No. 4. (1985), pp. 425-427.

A Geographical Introduction to History. Lucien Febvre; Lionel Bataillon; E. G. Mountford; J. H. Paxton. Principles of Human Geography. P. Vidal de la Blanche; Emmanuel de Martonne; Millicent Todd Bingham. The Environmental Basis of Society. A Study in the History of Sociological Theory. Franklin Thomas. Regional Sociology. Radhakamal Mukerjee. Review by: Robert E. Park. The American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 32, No. 3. (1926), pp. 486-490.

Systematic Sociology: On the Basis of the Beziehungslehre and Gebildelehre of Leopold von Wiese. Howard Becker. The Concepts of Sociology: A Treatise Presenting a Suggested Organization of Sociological Theory in Terms of Its Major Concepts. Edward Earle Eubank. Review by: Floyd N. House. The American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 38, No. 1. (1932), pp. 128-130.

Essays in Sociological Theory Pure and Applied. Talcott Parsons. Review by: Lewis A. Coser. The American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 55, No. 5. (1950), pp. 502-504.

Essays in Sociological Theory. Talcott Parsons. Review by: Robert Bierstedt. American Sociological Review, Vol. 20, No. 1. (1955), pp. 124-125.

Sociological Theory: Its Nature and Growth. Nicholas S. Timasheff. Review by: Joseph Schneider. The American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 61, No. 4. (1956), pp. 371-372.

Sociological Theory: Present-Day Sociology from the Past. Edgar F. Borgatta; Henry J. Meyer. Review by: Adolph S. Tomars. American Sociological Review, Vol. 21, No. 6. (1956), p. 794.

Sociological Theory: Present-Day Sociology from the Past. Edgar F. Borgatta; Henry J. Meyer. Review by: Philip Selznick. The American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 63, No. 1. (1957), pp. 115-116.

Modern Sociological Theory in Continuity and Change. Howard Becker; Alvin Boskoff. Review by: Hans L. Zetterberg. American Sociological Review, Vol. 23, No. 1. (1958), pp. 95-96.

Sociological Theory: A Book of Readings. Lewis A. Coser; Bernard Rosenberg. Review by: Kurt H. Wolff. American Sociological Review, Vol. 23, No. 2. (1958), pp. 228-229.

Sociological Theory: A Book of Readings. Lewis A. Coser; Bernard Rosenberg. Review by: William L. Kolb. The American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 63, No. 6, Emile Durkheim-Georg Simmel, 1858-1958. (1958), pp. 679-680.

Modern Sociological Theory in Continuity and Change. Howard Becker; Alvin Boskoff. Review by: Kurt H. Wolff. The American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 64, No. 2. (1958), pp. 197-198.

Social Mechanisms: Studies in Sociological Theory. Georg Karlsson. Review by: James A. Davis. The American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 64, No. 6. (1959), p. 639.

Sociological Theory. Margaret Wilson Vine. Review by: Dan W. Dodson. Journal of Educational Sociology, Vol. 33, No. 1. (1959), pp. 47-48.

The Whole State of Sociology. Sociology Today: Problems and Prospects. Robert K. Merton; Leonard Broom; Leonard S. Cottrell, Jr. Symposium on Sociological Theory. Llewellyn Gross. Review of Sociology: Analysis of a Decade. Joseph P. Gittler. Sociology in the United States of America: A Trend Report. Hans L. Zetterberg. Review by: Wilbert E. Moore. American Sociological Review, Vol. 24, No. 5. (1959), pp. 715-718.

Social Mechanisms: Studies in Sociological Theory. Georg Karlsson. Review by: Harold Guetzkow. American Sociological Review, Vol. 25, No. 1. (1960), p. 133.

The Nature and Types of Sociological Theory. Don Martindale. Review by: Theodore Abel. American Sociological Review, Vol. 26, No. 3. (1961), pp. 472-473.

Symposium on Sociological Theory. Llewellyn Gross. Review by: James A. Davis. The American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 67, No. 3. (1961), pp. 337-338.

The Nature and Types of Sociological Theory. Don Martindale. Review by: Martin U. Martel. The American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 67, No. 3. (1961), pp. 338-340.

Theories of Society: Foundations of Modern Sociological Theory. Talcott Parsons; Edward Shils; Kaspar D. Naegele; Jesse R. Pitts. Review by: Llewellyn Gross. American Sociological Review, Vol. 27, No. 2. (1962), pp. 259-260.

Theories of Society: Foundations of Modern Sociological Theory. Talcott Parsons; Edward Shils; Kaspar D. Naegele; Jesse R. Pitts. Review by: Hans Zetterberg. The American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 67, No. 6. (1962), pp. 707-708.

Key Problems of Sociological Theory. John Rex. Review by: Neil J. Smelser. The American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 68, No. 6. (1963), pp. 719-720.

Sociological Theory, Values, and Sociocultural Change: Essays in Honor of Pitirim A. Sorokin. Edward A. Tiryakian. Pitirim A. Sorokin in Review. ("The American Sociological Forum."). Philip J. Allen. Review by: Otis Dudley Duncan. The American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 69, No. 4. (1964), pp. 422-423.

Sociological Theory, Valus, and Sociocultural Change: Essays in Honor of Pitirim A. Sorokin. Edward A. Tiryakian. Review by: Robin M. Williams, Jr. American Sociological Review, Vol. 29, No. 1. (1964), pp. 124-125.

Sociological Theory and Modern Society. Talcott Parsons. Review by: Joseph Berger; Morris Zelditch, Jr. American Sociological Review, Vol. 33, No. 3. (1968), pp. 446-450.

Sociological Theory: Inquiries and Paradigms. Llewellyn Gross. Review by: Johan Galtung. American Sociological Review, Vol. 33, No. 4. (1968), pp. 635-636.

The Sacred Canopy: Elements of a Sociological Theory of Religion. Peter L. Berger. Review by: Bryan R. Wilson. American Sociological Review, Vol. 33, No. 5. (1968), pp. 843-845.

Ideology and the Development of Sociological Theory. Irving M. Zeitlin. Review by: Robert Bierstedt. American Sociological Review, Vol. 34, No. 3. (1969), pp. 402-403.

Sociological Theory Construction. Jack Gibbs. Techniques and Problems of Theory Construction in Sociology. Jerald Hage. Review by: Joseph W. Schneider. Contemporary Sociology, Vol. 3, No. 2. (1974), pp. 127-129.

Power and Progress: Essays on Sociological Theory. Robert Bierstedt. Review by: Louis Schneider. Contemporary Sociology, Vol. 4, No. 4. (1975), pp. 436-437.

Scientific Knowledge and Sociological Theory. Barry Barnes. Review by: Fred E. Katz. The American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 81, No. 6. (1976), pp. 1548-1549.

Structuralism. Levi-Strauss: Structuralism and Sociological Theory. C. R. Badcock. Structural Anthropology, Vol. II. Claude Levi-Strauss; Monique Layton. A General Theory of Magic. Marcel Mauss; Robert Brain. Culture and Practical Reason. Marshall Sahlins. Review by: Peter K. Manning. Contemporary Sociology, Vol. 7, No. 2. (1978), pp. 139-143.

Sociological Theory: Historical and Formal. Neil J. Smelser; R. Stephen Warner. Review by: Timothy A. Crippen. Contemporary Sociology, Vol. 7, No. 2. (1978), p. 238.

The Emergence of Sociological Theory. Jonathan H. Turner; Leonard Beeghley. Review by: Drenan Kelley. Contemporary Sociology, Vol. 11, No. 4. (1982), pp. 466-467.

American Sociological Theory: A Critical History. Robert Bierstedt. Review by: Alan Sica. The American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 91, No. 5. (1986), pp. 1229-1231.

Weberian Sociological Theory. Randall Collins. Review by: Toby E. Huff. The American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 92, No. 6. (1987), pp. 1525-1527.

Macrosociology and Sociological Theory: Some New Directions. Review by: S. N. Eisenstadt. Contemporary Sociology, Vol. 16, No. 5. (1987), pp. 602-609.

Twenty Lectures: Sociological Theory Since World War II. Jeffrey C. Alexander. Review by: Norbert Wiley. The American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 94, No. 2. (1988), pp. 406-407.

Sociological Theory as Public Philosophy. Theoretical Logic in Sociology. Vol. 4: The Modern Reconstruction of Classical Thought: Talcott Parsons. Jeffrey C. Alexander. Review by: R. Stephen Warner. The American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 94, No. 3. (1988), pp. 644-655.

Feminism and Sociological Theory. Ruth A. Wallace. Review by: Joan Smith. Contemporary Sociology, Vol. 20, No. 1. (1991), pp. 154-155.

Sociological Theory: What Went Wrong? Diagnoses and Remedies. Nicos Mouzelis. Review by: James B. Rule. Contemporary Sociology, Vol. 26, No. 2. (1997), pp. 252-253.