Table 3 Types of social science theories
Level | Â |
|---|---|
Meta-theories | Transcendentalism |
Anti-theories | Post-modernism, Anti-sociology |
Grand theories (universal) | Structuralism |
Action theory | |
Critique of Political Economy | |
Middle-range/meso theories (culture-bound) | Differentiation theory (Luhmann) |
Communication theory | |
Life-world (Lefebvre, Habermas) | |
Tianxiaism (Huang) | |
Micro-theories | Group (Homans) |
Group (Homans) | |
Rational Choice | |
Role theory |