What are their main works, ideas, concepts, and contributions? –A scholarly description of the social issue you have researched. Cite at least 5 scholarly articles on the topic in your description of the issue. You should show that you have a scholarly understanding of the topic and not just a personal opinion on it. –Engage a theoretical analysis of the social issue. Discuss how each theorist would analyze the issue, comparing and contrasting their ideas. Theorists we have discussed are: Tumin, Merton, Goffman, Marx, Weber, Mead. We used the textbook Sociological Theory in the Classical Era by Edles and Appelrouth.

