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Ritzer: Contemporary Sociological Theory Book Cover
Contemporary Sociological Theory and Its Classical Roots: The Basics
George Ritzer, University of Maryland

Modern Feminist Grand Theory

Web Links

The Feminist Theory Website
(http://www.cddc.vt.edu/feminism/enin.html)

The Feminist Theory Website provides research materials and information for students, activists, and scholars interested in women's conditions and struggles around the world. It contains information on different fields of feminist theory, different ethnic/national feminisms, and many individual feminists.
Feminist Theory: A Select Bibliography
(http://lark.cc.ukans.edu/~akdclass/femlit/femjurbib.html)

This site contains an excellent bibliography that covers many issues in feminist theory, including everything from the history of feminist thought to feminist research methods.
Women's Studies Resources: Feminist Theory
(http://bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu/wstudies/theory.html)

This site provides links to articles in feminist theory, reviews of books relevant to feminist theory, and an image gallery of women philosophers and theorists.
Women's Studies Programs and Resources
(http://www.nau.edu/wst/access/hotlist/thehot.html)

This site contains information on a variety of feminist perspectives, as well as bibliographies and syllabi relevant to feminist theory.
Schools of Feminist Thought: Factions and Subsets of the Feminist Movement
(http://www.sapphireblue.com/dissident_feminist/factions.shtml)

This site provides brief, accessible précis of the many factions of feminism, as well as biographies of key figures, links to primary texts, and suggestions for activism.
Like One of the Family
(http://www.fathom.com/feature/35639)

This is a link to a lecture given by Patricia Hill Collins, which was provided by the London School of Economics. It features both a text and audio version of the lecture.
Liberal Feminism
(http://newmedia.cgu.edu/feminism/webpagesara.html)

This site gives an overview of liberal feminism and political issues of liberal feminism, and provides a discussion of the problems of applying the theory of liberal feminism to political and social realities.
Jane Addams on Cultural Feminism
(http://www2.pfeiffer.edu/~lridener/DSS/Addams/CULTFEM3.HTML)

This link provides information on Addams's influences, the intellectual and social context in which she lived, her thoughts on cultural feminism, and excerpts from her texts.
Radical Feminist Philosophy
(http://newmedia.cgu.edu/feminism/radfem.html)

This site provides a good overview of radical feminism, its views on oppression, its agenda for change, and the problems with its conception of politics and human nature.
What is Socialist Feminism?
(http://www.dsausa.org/youth/resources/socialist_feminism.html)

This is a link to a brief exposition of the beliefs of socialist feminism, its rivals, and its programs for social change.