M.J. Mulkay traces the development of certain recent versions of
functionalism and exchange theory in sociology, with special
attention to 'theoretical strategy'. He uses this term to refer to
the policies which theorists adopt to ensure that their work
contributes to their long range theoretical objectives. Such
strategies are important, he believes, because they place limits on
the theories with which they are associated. He shows how each of
the theorists he studies devised a new strategy to replace the
unsuccessful policies of a prior theory in a process of
'strategical dialectic'. This often has unforeseen consequences for
the direction of theoretical growth, and the author interprets
changes in theoretical perspective largely as products of these
strategical innovations.
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