Ten Proposals for Restructuring Journal Article Publishing
... start off with a finding of analytical empirical value—hit upon in their fieldwork, by crunching survey statistics, or some other kind of empirical exploration—which does address a significant scholarly question or concern. Usually they can situate their empirical finding(s) in a relevant “literatur ...
... start off with a finding of analytical empirical value—hit upon in their fieldwork, by crunching survey statistics, or some other kind of empirical exploration—which does address a significant scholarly question or concern. Usually they can situate their empirical finding(s) in a relevant “literatur ...
Sociology - University of London International Programmes
... societies), we need to ask questions about people. For example, ‘why do people behave in a certain way?’; or ‘how do people understand the world around them?’ So you can see why being interested in people is a good start. Sociology is also interested in the study of social institutions. Social insti ...
... societies), we need to ask questions about people. For example, ‘why do people behave in a certain way?’; or ‘how do people understand the world around them?’ So you can see why being interested in people is a good start. Sociology is also interested in the study of social institutions. Social insti ...
Justice Criminology and Criminal
... wholly new. The notion of sociology as a civic enterprise refers directly to the Durkheimian notion of ‘Professional Ethics and Civic Morals’ (1900/1957). Civic Sociology is also, as it happens, the title of a book by E.A. Ross (1925).2 Of course, for Wacquant the most direct antecedent and primary ...
... wholly new. The notion of sociology as a civic enterprise refers directly to the Durkheimian notion of ‘Professional Ethics and Civic Morals’ (1900/1957). Civic Sociology is also, as it happens, the title of a book by E.A. Ross (1925).2 Of course, for Wacquant the most direct antecedent and primary ...
How Do We Know What We Mean
... had collected my data, what I thought that it was able to show, and what its limitations were. When one works as I did—on historical materials from troubled periods—not only are potential informants dead, but even if they were alive it would be unlikely that they would be telling you anything other ...
... had collected my data, what I thought that it was able to show, and what its limitations were. When one works as I did—on historical materials from troubled periods—not only are potential informants dead, but even if they were alive it would be unlikely that they would be telling you anything other ...
What is sociology? - University of Limerick
... analysis and demonstrate, using illustrative materials, the uses and continued importance of sociological analysis in the modern and post-modern world. SO4032 Introduction to Sociology 2 This module aims to better acquaint students with the discipline and field of sociology, including the work of co ...
... analysis and demonstrate, using illustrative materials, the uses and continued importance of sociological analysis in the modern and post-modern world. SO4032 Introduction to Sociology 2 This module aims to better acquaint students with the discipline and field of sociology, including the work of co ...
The Hybridization of Social Science Knowledge
... remains somewhat arbitrary where the essential affiliation may be said to lie, especially since the degree of kinship among disciplines varies greatly: sociology and social psychology are consanguineous, but geology and social geography are far less so, despite appearances. ...
... remains somewhat arbitrary where the essential affiliation may be said to lie, especially since the degree of kinship among disciplines varies greatly: sociology and social psychology are consanguineous, but geology and social geography are far less so, despite appearances. ...
literary sociology
... vs. Literary Sociology: how do actors on the literary field [< groups < institutions] influence the material and symbolic production of books? ...
... vs. Literary Sociology: how do actors on the literary field [< groups < institutions] influence the material and symbolic production of books? ...
Brief-3e-IRM1 - Testbank Byte
... motivates behavior. Mead’s focus was the development of one’s sense of self through social interaction. According to Mead, one’s sense of self is not acquired at birth, but through the course of interaction with others. Mead’s work provides the foundation for the key ideas in symbolic interactionism ...
... motivates behavior. Mead’s focus was the development of one’s sense of self through social interaction. According to Mead, one’s sense of self is not acquired at birth, but through the course of interaction with others. Mead’s work provides the foundation for the key ideas in symbolic interactionism ...
Everyday Life Sociology
... The 1960s and 1970s brought a surge of sociological interest in phenomenology due to the English translationof Schutz's and Husserl's work. Sociologists appliedthese philosophicalideas to an empiricalplane and evolved another everyday life perspective: phenomenological sociology.3 Early works in thi ...
... The 1960s and 1970s brought a surge of sociological interest in phenomenology due to the English translationof Schutz's and Husserl's work. Sociologists appliedthese philosophicalideas to an empiricalplane and evolved another everyday life perspective: phenomenological sociology.3 Early works in thi ...
Introduction to Sociology
... worry about their health. They go to health centers after they are sick. ...
... worry about their health. They go to health centers after they are sick. ...
Non-Sociological Theories
... society. In effect, deviants are different in a way that can be directly traced back to the deviant. In this respect, such ideas tend to reflect the idea that definitions of crime and deviance are largely unproblematic. That is, they tend to assume that “everyone knows” what we mean by deviant behav ...
... society. In effect, deviants are different in a way that can be directly traced back to the deviant. In this respect, such ideas tend to reflect the idea that definitions of crime and deviance are largely unproblematic. That is, they tend to assume that “everyone knows” what we mean by deviant behav ...
Public Sociology, Hot Dogs, Apple Pie, and Chevrolet
... ballot with a two-thirds majority” (Burawoy 2003:12). In the radical social-science journal Critical Sociology, likewise, he writes passionately of public sociology as an “integral part of the project of sociological socialism” which has to hold itself accountable to “some such vision of democratic ...
... ballot with a two-thirds majority” (Burawoy 2003:12). In the radical social-science journal Critical Sociology, likewise, he writes passionately of public sociology as an “integral part of the project of sociological socialism” which has to hold itself accountable to “some such vision of democratic ...
Who do ideas belong to? Methodological implications of relational
... • “Translation” of intellectual competence into political/social engagement • The generative significance of context (social, political, historical, economic) • Networks of knowledge production and dissemination (social network analysis, translation/reception studies) • Actor-network theory – materi ...
... • “Translation” of intellectual competence into political/social engagement • The generative significance of context (social, political, historical, economic) • Networks of knowledge production and dissemination (social network analysis, translation/reception studies) • Actor-network theory – materi ...
The Sociological Perspective
... People have not limited themselves to investigating nature. To try to understand life, they have also developed fields of science that focus on the social world. The social sciences examine human relationships. Just as the natural sciences attempt to objectively understand the world of nature, the s ...
... People have not limited themselves to investigating nature. To try to understand life, they have also developed fields of science that focus on the social world. The social sciences examine human relationships. Just as the natural sciences attempt to objectively understand the world of nature, the s ...
other research contributions
... (with with Jörg Blasius). Presented at the Sixth International Conference on Social Science Methodology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. August 17-20 2004 “Digital Divides and Capital Conversion.” (with E. Dianne Looker) Presented at Digital Generations: Children, young people and new media. Centre for ...
... (with with Jörg Blasius). Presented at the Sixth International Conference on Social Science Methodology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. August 17-20 2004 “Digital Divides and Capital Conversion.” (with E. Dianne Looker) Presented at Digital Generations: Children, young people and new media. Centre for ...
Chapter01
... is maintained through coercion, whereby social order is imposed by the powerful over the weak, such as how patriarchy is imposed by men on women. ...
... is maintained through coercion, whereby social order is imposed by the powerful over the weak, such as how patriarchy is imposed by men on women. ...
Centre for Science Studies
... when it breaks down, for that same user -- and still more for the repair person -- it rapidly turns into a network of electronic components and human interventions. Again, for the average small businessperson, the BCCI was a coherent and organised location for depositing and withdrawing money. Now, ...
... when it breaks down, for that same user -- and still more for the repair person -- it rapidly turns into a network of electronic components and human interventions. Again, for the average small businessperson, the BCCI was a coherent and organised location for depositing and withdrawing money. Now, ...
Department of Sociology Newsletter Message from the Chair, Dr. Robert Futrell
... award-winning scholarship and teaching and, just as imAll signs point toward continuing our positive trajectory. portant, the engaged public sociology that UNLV sociolo- We have added some excellent colleagues to our ranks over gists make happen. The same is true of our more than 40 the past three y ...
... award-winning scholarship and teaching and, just as imAll signs point toward continuing our positive trajectory. portant, the engaged public sociology that UNLV sociolo- We have added some excellent colleagues to our ranks over gists make happen. The same is true of our more than 40 the past three y ...
Reclaiming the Sociological Imagination
... now as when Mills was writing over a half century ago; indeed, they are precisely what bring the contributors to this volume, and the Web and Part/Whole Approach more generally, into common cause (cf. Phillips, 2001; Phillips, Kincaid, and Scheff, 2002; Phillips and Johnston, 2007). Nevertheless, I ...
... now as when Mills was writing over a half century ago; indeed, they are precisely what bring the contributors to this volume, and the Web and Part/Whole Approach more generally, into common cause (cf. Phillips, 2001; Phillips, Kincaid, and Scheff, 2002; Phillips and Johnston, 2007). Nevertheless, I ...
Recovering Morality: Pragmatic Sociology and Literary Studies Shai
... considered to be genuine. The result is an asymmetrical explanation, one which evaluates evidence offered by various parties and institutions according to differential sets of criteria. Pragmatic sociology, by shifting our attention from underlying structures to a close reading of how social actors ...
... considered to be genuine. The result is an asymmetrical explanation, one which evaluates evidence offered by various parties and institutions according to differential sets of criteria. Pragmatic sociology, by shifting our attention from underlying structures to a close reading of how social actors ...
Political Epistemics: The Secret Police, the Opposition, and the End
... faith in socialism and the East German party state prior to 1989, and on how and why this cultural edifice began to crack and crumble, and eventually imploded. However, Glaeser has written two books in one, and uses the case of the fall of the GDR to develop a theory of social change, intersubjectiv ...
... faith in socialism and the East German party state prior to 1989, and on how and why this cultural edifice began to crack and crumble, and eventually imploded. However, Glaeser has written two books in one, and uses the case of the fall of the GDR to develop a theory of social change, intersubjectiv ...
Annie Ernaux, La Place (1983): Lecture 1
... The term has mainly been used to describe the research technique of anthropologists, but the method is commonly used by sociologists as well.” (Dictionary of Sociology, Penguin) Today we have a broader understanding of the term. Ethnography now considered to be applicable to familiar (not just remot ...
... The term has mainly been used to describe the research technique of anthropologists, but the method is commonly used by sociologists as well.” (Dictionary of Sociology, Penguin) Today we have a broader understanding of the term. Ethnography now considered to be applicable to familiar (not just remot ...
What Is Sociology?
... Sociology employs three major theoretical perspectives—functionalism, which focuses on order and stability; conflict, which focuses on power relations; and interactionism, which focuses on how individuals interact with one another in everyday life. ...
... Sociology employs three major theoretical perspectives—functionalism, which focuses on order and stability; conflict, which focuses on power relations; and interactionism, which focuses on how individuals interact with one another in everyday life. ...
Ibn Khaldun`s Contribution to Sociology and Historiography
... Sociology is such a broad discipline. It can be difficult to define, even for professional sociologists. One useful way to describe the discipline is as a cluster of subfields that examine different dimensions of society. For example, social stratification studies inequality and class structure demo ...
... Sociology is such a broad discipline. It can be difficult to define, even for professional sociologists. One useful way to describe the discipline is as a cluster of subfields that examine different dimensions of society. For example, social stratification studies inequality and class structure demo ...