Sage Publications Investigating Social Problems: Readings from the Enlightenment to the Present

The Development of Sociological Theory, brings together excerpts from the original works of important theorists from the Enlightenment-era roots of sociological thought through contemporary and post-modern theory. It offers more breadth and variety than many theory anthologies, while staying within theoretical schools and traditions that are sociological. The selections have been selected and edited for classroom use by A. Javier Trevino, a noted theory scholar. Review "This comprehensive selection makes a powerful case for the importance of the sociological imagination. Treviño shows how theorists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries explored the ideas of community, power, culture, race, and gender…[and] how systems, networks, and information flows are seen as driving a transition from modernity to an emerging late modern or postmodern society." ―John Scott, University of Essex (UK) and University of Copenhagen -- John Scott"Treviño has succeeded in the quite difficult task of producing an anthology that includes all the major authors and currents of sociological theory. His introductions to the readings present them clearly and concisely." ―Sandro Segre, University of Genoa, Italy -- Sandro Segre"A. Javier Treviño’s erudition, thoughtfulness, and flair for pedagogy shine through in every aspect of this impressive, well-crafted volume: in its overall architecture, which neatly encompasses both historical chronology and thematics; in its judicious selection of texts, which span more than two centuries of the sociological tradition; in its careful textual abridgements, which allow essential arguments and insights to be easily accessible; and in its clear, elegant, and well-informed essays at the start of each section." ―Mustafa Emirbayer, University of Wisconsin–Madison -- Mustafa Emirbayer About the Author A. Javier Treviño is the author and editor of several books including The Social Thought of C. Wright Mills (SAGE, 2012), Investigating Social Problems (SAGE, 2014) and C. Wright Mills and the Cuban Revolution: An Exercise in the Art of Sociological Imagination (University of North Carolina Press, 2017). He has served as President of the Justice Studies Association (2000–2002) and as President of the Society for the Study of Social Problems (2010–2011). He was a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Sussex, UK (2006), a Fulbright Scholar to the Republic of Moldova (2009), and since 2014 has been a Visiting Professor in Social and Political Theory at the University of Innsbruck, Austria.