Back to Sociological Theory The Construction of Social Orders

Nicos Mouzelis argues against a marked tendency in present-day sociology to conflate philosophy and sociological theory. In trying to demonstrate the relative autonomy and specfic logic of sociological theorising, he draws from a variety of theoretical traditions in order to construct a set of interrelated concepts useful for bridging the gulf between macro and micro sociologies. Drawing examples from the sociology of developement and from the theory of organisations, the author shows concretly how the conceptual framework proposed can help the researcher to avoid both the reification of macro institutional structures and their reduction to intersubjective understandings of micro actors.Mouzelis, Nicos P. is the author of 'Back to Sociological Theory The Construction of Social Orders' with ISBN 9780312103613 and ISBN 0312103611.