A. the social and
intellectual forces in which the
theorists molded their theories.(What was happening
at the time when they were
writing/working)
B. the unit of analysis(What are the concepts the theorist is doing)
C. A.the level of abstraction (are the concepts micro or
macro B. can macro be turned to micro and
micro to macro
D. what sociology really is to them?( or take B,C and it is a definition of sociology)