Social theory in the twentieth century / Patrick Baert.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-219) and index.

A timeless order and its achievement : structuralism and genetic structuralism -- The biological metaphor : functionalism and neo-functionalism -- The enigma of everyday life : symbolic interactionism, the dramaturgical approach, and ethnomethodology -- The skilful accomplishment of social order : Giddens's structuration theory -- The history and the present : Foucault's archaeology and genealogy -- The spread of reason : Habermas's critical theory -- The invasion of economic man : rational choice theory -- Eroding foundations : positivism, falsificationism, and realism.