In Event: 209 - Theory Section Roundtable Session (one-hour).

Theory Section / Theory Section Roundtables (one-hour)

Claire Laurier Decoteau, University of Illinois-Chicago

Victor Meyer Lidz, Drexel University

Examining the Disconnect between Ideal Theory and Policy Implementation in Addressing Inequality - Erica J. Dollhopf, Pennsylvania State University

The Origins of Talcott Parsons’ Conception of Polity as a Subsystem of Society - Victor Meyer Lidz, Drexel University; Helmut Staubmann, University of Innsbruck

The Sociology of Generations Revisited: Conceptual, Theoretical and Methodological Issues - Keith Farrington, Whitman College; Emma Snyder, Whitman College

Conceptualizing the Conflictual Co-Constitution of Law and Culture - Haj Yazdiha, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill