Action theory (sociology)
The theory of action is a micro-sociological theory, with the help of which investigate and explain to allow different actions. " Acts" in this sense, are motivated, as opposed to purely reactive " behavior ".
The social action ( action or even inaction) is sociologically considered as a manifestation of socialized man, that is by the elements of the social order (such as institutions, traditions, organizations) determined, with which and in which man has to live, and where and by the man has become the man in the sense of a social being.
With the concept of " theory of action " will be (often collectively ) referred to different sociological, psychological, science and theory-based teaching approaches:
- Ethnomethodology
- Phenomenological sociology
- Symbolic Interactionism
- Understanding Sociology
- Partly structural functionalism
- Theory of rational decision
Frequently, systems theory is called as opposed to the theory of action.
Development
- Materialistic (eg, Ferdinand Tönnies )
- Collectivist (eg, Émile Durkheim )
- Individualistic (eg, Max Weber)
- Structural functionalism: Very broad theories of action were developed by sociologists such as Talcott Parsons from the occupational psychological research out and generalized towards systems theory further.
- Phenomenology ( Alfred Schutz )
- Behavioral theory
- Methodological individualism
- Systems theory ( Luhmann)