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Chapter 14 Learning ObjectivesAfter reading this chapter, students should be able to:
- identify and define the types of micro-level and macro-level theory;
- discuss the periodization of micro-macro integration in sociological theory;
- identify theorists associated with micro-level and macro-level extremism;
- identify ways of integrating micro and macro;
- identify the major theorists associated with micro-level and macro-level integration;
- compare and contrast the various attempts at integration;
- explain George Ritzer's Integrated Sociological Paradigm;
- explain Jeffrey Alexander's Multidimensional Sociology;
- identify the variants, strengths, and weaknesses of micro- to macro-models;
- explain Randall Collins's Micro Foundations of Macrosociology; and
- detail Norbert Elias's attempt at integration and the application of this to manners.
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