This book stands as the full body of scholarly work on western theories of social sciences. The book contents three chapters. The first part gives the overall scenario of theories, the second part provides the pathway to research destination – the research method, and the third and final part is the destination of the substantive field of study and the roles of international organizations on social, political, economic, environmental regimes creation as well as to other social and development functions of international organizations.
Sociology examines the social actors’ activities in society and social problems. Western Scholars have developed many social theories, which address the underlying causes such as social conflicts and inequalities, and many formal and informal social organizations are involved to minimize the challenges of inequalities. The study of social organizations is a relatively new phenomenon in sociology. Broadly its historical root can be traced from Greek civilization (Plato, Aristotle), and it has mostly flourished since the Enlightenment Era. However, empirical studies show that the scientific study of organizations began only from the 19th and 20th century. Among the scholars of these centuries, the contributions of Karl Marx, Ferdinand Tönnies, Émile Durkheim, Ludwig Gumplovicz, Vilfredo Pareto, Max Weber, and Talcott Parsons are considered as pillars of sociology.
This book intends to answer the broad and major questions of theories, methods, and the international organization studies in social sciences, particularly in sociology and to provide the basic concepts of social theories, application of methods in research (qualitative), and elaborate the factual reality "why study of international organization is also subject of sociological study". The book presents the perspectives of organizational sociology in way that scholarly readers can see the linkages political sciences, sociology and slightly economic in addressing the roles and issues of the international organizations.
Author(s): Medani P. Bhandari
Series: River Publisher Series in Social, Urban, Economic and Environmental Sustainability
Publisher: River Publishers
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 329
City: Gistrup
Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Preface
Forewords
Acknowledgment
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Abbreviations
Chapter 1: The Major Theories of Sociology, and Contemporary Development of Organizational Perspectives in Social Sciences
Outline
Introduction
Founders of Sociology – Theory and Perspectives
First Section
The Founding Writers of Western Sociology
Karl Marx
Emile Durkheim
Max Weber
Second Section
The Development of Organizational Theory and the Emergence
of Challenges to the Traditional Rational Approaches to
Understanding the Organization
Classical Theorists
Third Section
Contemporary Theories and Perspectives
Fourth Section
The Feminist Approach to Organizational Analysis
Conclusion
Endnotes
References
Chapter 2: The Debates Between the Quantitative and Qualitative Methods: An Ontology and Epistemology of the Qualitative Method
Outline
Introduction
Section 1
Debates on Quantitative Versus Qualitative
Historical Perspective
The Distinction Between Qualitative and Quantitative
Durkheimian Notion
Ontological Assumptions
Max Weber
The Chicago School
The Positivist Research Paradigms
Bronislaw Malinowski
Robert E. Park
The Qualitative Inquiry Accepts the Notion
of Social Variation
Qualitative Ontology and Epistemology
Qualitative and Quantitative Debate is Still There
The Paradigms of Qualitative Methods
Theories and Approaches of Qualitative Method
Phenomenology
Hermeneutical Phenomenology
Symbolic Interaction
Bridging the Gap Between the Two Methods
Section 2
Features of Successful Qualitative-based Work by Discussing
Three Exemplary Texts
Three Successful Examples of Qualitative Research
1: William Foote Whyte
2: Erving Goffman
3: Robert J. Thomas
Section 3
Application of the Qualitative Method
Conclusion
Why Qualitative Method?
References
Chapter 3:
International Organization and
Organizational Sociology Theories and
Perspectives
Outline
Introduction
How Were International Organizations Formed?
The Origin of the Term International Organization
Historical Roots of International Organization Studies
Definition of International Organizations
Types of International Organizations
International Organizations in the Contemporary World
International Relation (IR) Theory and International
Organizations
Regime Theory and International Organizations
Globalization, Organizations, and International
Organizations
Organizational Sociology
Organizations as Complex Phenomena
Application Network Theory in the Study of International
Organizations
Social Networks
Application of Sociological Institution Theory in the
Study of International Organizations
The Green Economic Initiatives (As Theory) and International Organization
The Stakeholder Theory and International Organization
The Governance Theory and International Organization
Conclusion
References
Chapter 4: Sustainability Theory
Outline
Introduction – Questions – Coverage
The following questions are complicated and complex as the notion of sustainability:
1: How Theoretically and Practically Sustainability Discourse is Developed?
2: What Are the Boundaries of Sustainability?
3: What Are the Linkages Between Creativeness and Sustainability?
4: What Is the Institutional Architecture to Attain the SDGs?
Conclusion
References
Index
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