1. A Historical Sketch of Sociological Theory: The Early Years 2. Karl Marx 3. Emile Durkheim 4. Max Weber 5. Georg Simmel 6. A Historical Sketch of Sociological Theory: The Later Years 7. Structural Functionalism, Neofunctionalism, and Conflict Theory 8. Varieties of Neo-Marxian Theory 9. Systems Theory 10. Symbolic Interactionism 11. Ethnomethodology 12. Exange, Network, and Rational Choice Theories 13. Contemporary Feminist Theory 14. Micro-Macro and Agency -Structure Integration 15. Contemporary Theories of Modernity 16. Globalisation Theory 17. Structuralism, Poststructuralism, and Postmodern Social Theory 18. Cutting-Edge Developments in Contemporary Theory