Web Links

Radical Philosophy
(http://www.radicalphilosophy.com)

Radical Philosophy is a journal of socialist and feminist theoretical perspectives that emerged after the social movements of 1968. It includes a profile of Niklas Luhmann.

Crime Theory
(http://www.crimetheory.com/Merton)

This website provides references to articles that discuss crime from a structural functionalist perspective. An electronic version of a recent article that focuses on Merton and crime is also available.

Dahrendorf: Straddling Theory and Practice
(http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/Elberg/Dahrendorf/dahrendorf0.html)

This web page features a conversation with Dahrendorf during his visit to the University of California-Berkeley campus. It provides insight into Dahrendorf's more current work.

National Organization for Women
(http://www.now.org)

A comprehensive website from which students can learn about mainstream American feminist theory - and how this theory is connected to practice. Specific macro-level social issues, such as the family, economic inequality, and women in the military, are easy to find and clearly presented.

These websites include links to various works written by Luhmann and offer commentary on his theoretical orientation.
http://www.libfl.ru/Luhmann (http://www.libfl.ru/Luhmann)



http://people.delphiforums.com/miketerp/luh-main.html (http://people.delphiforums.com/miketerp/luh-main.html)

Autopoietic Theory and Social Systems
(http://www.acm.org/sigois/auto/AT&Soc.html)

A history of autopoietic theory is presented on this website. One can also find information on social scientists who have applied this theory to a variety of social systems, including the family, law, and accounting.

Original Works by Parsons and Merton
(http://www.spc.uchicago.edu/ssr1/PRELIMS/theory.html)

This webpage provides access to notes from excerpts of Parsons's An Outline of the Social System and Merton's Social Theory and Social Structure.

Useful outlines of Parsons's theory of structural functionalism, and Davis and Moore's functionalist understanding of social stratification. It also provides examples that could prove helpful when discussing these theories.
http://socserv2.mcmaster.ca/soc/courses/soc2r3/sf/parsons.htm (http://socserv2.mcmaster.ca/soc/courses/soc2r3/sf/parsons.htm)



http://socserv2.mcmaster.ca/soc/courses/soc2r3/sf/d-m.htm (http://socserv2.mcmaster.ca/soc/courses/soc2r3/sf/d-m.htm)

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