The second edition of Classical and Contemporary Social Theory provides wraparound coverage of the classical social theorists and influential sociological schools of thought in the contemporary period.

Tim Delaney is Professor of Sociology at the State University of New York at Oswego, specializing in social theory. A classically trained sociologist, Delaney has written and published 23 books, numerous book chapters in edited works, journal and encyclopedia articles, and a variety of other academic publications throughout his career. Among his most recent books are The Diversity of Darkness and Shameful Behaviors and new editions of Beyond Sustainability: A Thriving Environment and The Sociology of Sports: An Introduction (both co-authored with Tim Madigan).

Part I. The Classical Period of Sociological Theory 1. The Early Roots of Sociological Theory 2. Karl Marx 3. Émile Durkheim 4. Georg Simmel 5. Max Weber 6. Contributions from Women to Classical Social Theory 7. George Herbert Mead 8. Growing Diversity in American Sociological Theory: Lester Frank Ward, Thorstein Veblen and W.E.B. Du Bois Part II. The Contemporary Period of Sociological Theory 9. Structural Functionalism and Neofunctionalism 10. Conflict Theory 11. Symbolic Interactionism 12. Social Exchange Theory and Network Analysis 13. Ethnomethodology and Phenomenology 14. Feminist Theory 15. Critical Theory 16. Postmodernism, Structuralism, Poststructuralism, Colonialism, Postcolonialism and Globalization Part III. Consistent and Significant Themes in Sociological Theory Chapter 17. Five Centuries of Social Theory