Department of Sociology Newsletter Message from the Chair, Dr. Robert Futrell
... all her good work organizing and editing the newsletter. It has been a long time in coming. We all hope you enjoy it. ...
... all her good work organizing and editing the newsletter. It has been a long time in coming. We all hope you enjoy it. ...
Sociological Theory and Warfare
... Warfare has been one of the most important social phenomena that has shaped the history of the world and especially the modern world. As Wimmer and Min’s (2009, 2006) recent, empirically comprehensive, quantitative studies of 464 wars fought in the last 200 years clearly demonstrate, war has been th ...
... Warfare has been one of the most important social phenomena that has shaped the history of the world and especially the modern world. As Wimmer and Min’s (2009, 2006) recent, empirically comprehensive, quantitative studies of 464 wars fought in the last 200 years clearly demonstrate, war has been th ...
Draft Conference Paper - Inter
... mitigating suffering. Whilst these traditions have been much contested, their fundamental premise, namely the imperative of building morally infused institutions, is hard to discard.1 This important insight can be supplemented by a new notion of agency and the normative foundations which fortify it ...
... mitigating suffering. Whilst these traditions have been much contested, their fundamental premise, namely the imperative of building morally infused institutions, is hard to discard.1 This important insight can be supplemented by a new notion of agency and the normative foundations which fortify it ...
Fordism and Positivism in US Sociology
... reaction is twofold. First, I think it is a mistake to lump together empiricism, positivism, and scientism as a single methodological perspective. Certainly, there is no logical sense in which any one these isms implies either of the other two (Keat 1981). Steinmetz admits that the specific combina ...
... reaction is twofold. First, I think it is a mistake to lump together empiricism, positivism, and scientism as a single methodological perspective. Certainly, there is no logical sense in which any one these isms implies either of the other two (Keat 1981). Steinmetz admits that the specific combina ...
Who do ideas belong to? Methodological implications of relational
... both singularity and relations between singularities are always secondary” ...
... both singularity and relations between singularities are always secondary” ...
Introduction: Why We Need an Analytical Sociological Theory
... (and little known) books in epistemology of the social sciences, the state of these sciences (with exceptions) may be described as stigmatized (with low social status and low self confidence) and pre-paradigmatic (lacking any standard ways of carrying out their work, or at least not recognized as su ...
... (and little known) books in epistemology of the social sciences, the state of these sciences (with exceptions) may be described as stigmatized (with low social status and low self confidence) and pre-paradigmatic (lacking any standard ways of carrying out their work, or at least not recognized as su ...
PIP Proposal 4045 - PHCU Sociology 1A: Self and Society
... ‘increase the visibility of the sociological “core”’ (to borrow a phrase used in the International Benchmarking Review of UK Sociology) in the sense of focusing explicitly on the relationship between the individual and society and on core concepts such as ‘self’, ‘society’, ‘group’, ‘structure’ and ...
... ‘increase the visibility of the sociological “core”’ (to borrow a phrase used in the International Benchmarking Review of UK Sociology) in the sense of focusing explicitly on the relationship between the individual and society and on core concepts such as ‘self’, ‘society’, ‘group’, ‘structure’ and ...
Including Sociological Practice: A Global Perspective and the U.S.
... Auguste Comte (1798-1857), Emile Durkheim (1858-1917) and Karl Marx (18181883) are frequently identified as precursors to or initial figures in the development of sociological practice (e.g., Gouldner, 1956; Fritz, 2008). Comte, the French scholar who coined the term sociology, believed that the sci ...
... Auguste Comte (1798-1857), Emile Durkheim (1858-1917) and Karl Marx (18181883) are frequently identified as precursors to or initial figures in the development of sociological practice (e.g., Gouldner, 1956; Fritz, 2008). Comte, the French scholar who coined the term sociology, believed that the sci ...
Task 9. Memorize the following words and word-combinations
... The name of sociology was first suggested in the 1830s by the French philosopher Auguste Comte, but for many years it remained only a suggestion. Comte urged others to study philosophy. It was not until late in the19th century that we can identify people who called themselves sociologists and whose ...
... The name of sociology was first suggested in the 1830s by the French philosopher Auguste Comte, but for many years it remained only a suggestion. Comte urged others to study philosophy. It was not until late in the19th century that we can identify people who called themselves sociologists and whose ...
Introduction: Dialogue as Discourse and Interaction
... environment by the members themselves. Thus sociál reality is a subjectively reconstructed reality. Yet these personal interpretations may become shared so that intersubjective, common sense categories and rules can develop in everyday talk. Similarly, people's socially shared subjective interpretat ...
... environment by the members themselves. Thus sociál reality is a subjectively reconstructed reality. Yet these personal interpretations may become shared so that intersubjective, common sense categories and rules can develop in everyday talk. Similarly, people's socially shared subjective interpretat ...
Spring 05 - u.arizona.edu
... our time together successful, if you come out of the class with the ability to see the social world as something other than a given and apply some of the theories we cover to events in your own life. I believe the following quote sums up what I hope you take away from the course. “The sociological i ...
... our time together successful, if you come out of the class with the ability to see the social world as something other than a given and apply some of the theories we cover to events in your own life. I believe the following quote sums up what I hope you take away from the course. “The sociological i ...
Sociology 1 - University of Vermont
... Exit Questions (10 Points): We will be using student response pads (Iclickers, available in the bookstore) in class. In addition to questions for you to respond to sprinkled throughout lectures, I will ask exit questions on the material covered in class 14 times throughout the semester. Each questio ...
... Exit Questions (10 Points): We will be using student response pads (Iclickers, available in the bookstore) in class. In addition to questions for you to respond to sprinkled throughout lectures, I will ask exit questions on the material covered in class 14 times throughout the semester. Each questio ...
SOCI Courses - Dalton State College
... with emphasis on the historic and social development of the concept of race in the United States and how different beliefs and perceptions about "race," ethnicity, and culture have been constructed. As well, the course will examine the histories, experiences, and cultures of the various "races" and ...
... with emphasis on the historic and social development of the concept of race in the United States and how different beliefs and perceptions about "race," ethnicity, and culture have been constructed. As well, the course will examine the histories, experiences, and cultures of the various "races" and ...
Seeing Crime and Punishment through a Sociological Lens
... of social control theory, individuals with weak social ties to conventional institutions (hence weak normative regulation), such as the family or schools, are more likely to commit crime than those with strong ties. Social control theory later became "self-control" theory in which normative conformi ...
... of social control theory, individuals with weak social ties to conventional institutions (hence weak normative regulation), such as the family or schools, are more likely to commit crime than those with strong ties. Social control theory later became "self-control" theory in which normative conformi ...
On Sociology and STS - Heterogeneities: John Law`s Home Page
... social (Goldthorpe and others: 1968; Lockwood: 1989). Any sociology that lies within the ameliorist tradition is, at the very least, bound to wrestle with consequences of industrialisation and its material forms (Young and Willmott: 1986). And then there are many specific sociological approaches tha ...
... social (Goldthorpe and others: 1968; Lockwood: 1989). Any sociology that lies within the ameliorist tradition is, at the very least, bound to wrestle with consequences of industrialisation and its material forms (Young and Willmott: 1986). And then there are many specific sociological approaches tha ...
Seeing Crime and Punishment through a Sociological Lens
... of social control theory, individuals with weak social ties to conventional institutions (hence weak normative regulation), such as the family or schools, are more likely to commit crime than those with strong ties. Social control theory later became "self-control" theory in which normative conformi ...
... of social control theory, individuals with weak social ties to conventional institutions (hence weak normative regulation), such as the family or schools, are more likely to commit crime than those with strong ties. Social control theory later became "self-control" theory in which normative conformi ...
agent cultures and zombielands. fields, fictions and futures of agent
... Robert Axtell earned an interdisciplinary Ph.D. degree at Carnegie Mellon University, where he studied computing, social science, and public policy. His teaching and research involves computational and mathematical modeling of social and economic processes. Specifically, he works at the intersection ...
... Robert Axtell earned an interdisciplinary Ph.D. degree at Carnegie Mellon University, where he studied computing, social science, and public policy. His teaching and research involves computational and mathematical modeling of social and economic processes. Specifically, he works at the intersection ...
On Justification - Olivier Godechot
... At last, Luc Boltanski and Laurent Thévenot’s famous book, De la justification, was translated into English and published in 2006. First published in France in 1987 (Boltanski and Thévenot, 1987) and edited in a much-revised form in 1991 (Boltanski and Thévenot, 1991), it is an important book that h ...
... At last, Luc Boltanski and Laurent Thévenot’s famous book, De la justification, was translated into English and published in 2006. First published in France in 1987 (Boltanski and Thévenot, 1987) and edited in a much-revised form in 1991 (Boltanski and Thévenot, 1991), it is an important book that h ...
Ten Proposals for Restructuring Journal Article Publishing
... instead demand that each and every article itself and on its own make a significant theoretical scholarly contribution. And all too often, as I’ll argue below, what we end up with on the whole is not a single, well-constructed bridge that we together have helped build, but rather a valley strewn wit ...
... instead demand that each and every article itself and on its own make a significant theoretical scholarly contribution. And all too often, as I’ll argue below, what we end up with on the whole is not a single, well-constructed bridge that we together have helped build, but rather a valley strewn wit ...