Sociological Theory in the Classical Era: Text and Readings

About Laura D. EdlesScott Appelrouth

Laura Desfor Edles (PhD University of California Los Angeles 1990) is Professor of Sociology at California State University Northridge. She is the author of Symbol and Ritual in the New Spain: The Transition to Democracy after Franco (1998) and Cultural Sociology in Practice (2002) as well as various articles on culture theory race/ethnicity and social movements. Scott Appelrouth (PhD New York University 2000) is Professor of Sociology at California State University Northridge. His interests include sociological theory cultural sociology and social movements. He has taught classical and contemporary theory at both the graduate and undergraduate levels and has published several articles in research- and teaching-oriented journals on social movements theory and the controversies over jazz during the 1920s and rap during the 1980s. His current research focuses on political discourse in American party platforms.