fall 2014 course descriptions - Indiana University Bloomington
... The overall aim of the course is to introduce you to a way of looking at the world--a sociological perspective or framework with which to ask meaningful questions about societies and their organization. Five specific features of the course derive from this broad goal. First, I assign only original s ...
... The overall aim of the course is to introduce you to a way of looking at the world--a sociological perspective or framework with which to ask meaningful questions about societies and their organization. Five specific features of the course derive from this broad goal. First, I assign only original s ...
THE `USES` OF SOCIOLOGY: PUBLIC ISSUES AND PRIVATE
... • Technical apparatus of sociology developed in 1950s & 1960s – mass observation, interviewing & social survey – created new ‘uses’ and audiences for social sciences (Savage, 2010) • ‘The image of a social science for use has been a compelling moving force in the development of [sociology] both inte ...
... • Technical apparatus of sociology developed in 1950s & 1960s – mass observation, interviewing & social survey – created new ‘uses’ and audiences for social sciences (Savage, 2010) • ‘The image of a social science for use has been a compelling moving force in the development of [sociology] both inte ...
Lecture Note 3: Historical-Hermeneutic Studies
... Max Weber’s conception of sociology and social research Max Weber’s oft-quoted definition of the subject matter of sociology and that of social sciences in general stipulates that "Sociology is a science concerning itself with interpretive understanding of social action in order thereby to arrive ...
... Max Weber’s conception of sociology and social research Max Weber’s oft-quoted definition of the subject matter of sociology and that of social sciences in general stipulates that "Sociology is a science concerning itself with interpretive understanding of social action in order thereby to arrive ...
The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology ONLINE
... Spokespersonship involves the representational work of publicly performing, evoking, or making visible and available that which is absent or which is not able to speak for itself. This concept, although most commonly thought of as applying to people, can also be applied to things, facts, or relation ...
... Spokespersonship involves the representational work of publicly performing, evoking, or making visible and available that which is absent or which is not able to speak for itself. This concept, although most commonly thought of as applying to people, can also be applied to things, facts, or relation ...
Introduction to Sociology
... publication for educational, not-for-profit use by health care workers, students or faculty. All copies must retain all author credits and copyright notices included in the original document. Under no circumstances is it permissible to sell or distribute on a commercial basis, or to claim authorship ...
... publication for educational, not-for-profit use by health care workers, students or faculty. All copies must retain all author credits and copyright notices included in the original document. Under no circumstances is it permissible to sell or distribute on a commercial basis, or to claim authorship ...
Part 1 - Intro to Soc & Soc Imag
... • Today, we want to go deeper into what it means to do sociology by discussing the unique approach sociologists bring to their work as they seek to make the familiar strange. • The Sociological Imagination – In order to think critically about the world around us -- to make the familiar strange - we ...
... • Today, we want to go deeper into what it means to do sociology by discussing the unique approach sociologists bring to their work as they seek to make the familiar strange. • The Sociological Imagination – In order to think critically about the world around us -- to make the familiar strange - we ...
Sociological Theory and Warfare
... tended to neglect, if not even consciously ignore, the study of war. Sociology’s inherent rationalist bequest of Enlightenment, which articulated modernity in an unambiguously evolutionary, progressist and pacifist manner coupled with the horrific legacy of the two total wars, created a situation wh ...
... tended to neglect, if not even consciously ignore, the study of war. Sociology’s inherent rationalist bequest of Enlightenment, which articulated modernity in an unambiguously evolutionary, progressist and pacifist manner coupled with the horrific legacy of the two total wars, created a situation wh ...
Sciences Philosophy of the Social
... and studying neglected intersections (Crenshaw 1991). This is intended to analyse groups at the point of intersection, e.g. female, African-American, working class. It is often associated with the use of case study, ethnographic and narrative methods of enquiry (e.g. Prins 2006). McCall (2005) in he ...
... and studying neglected intersections (Crenshaw 1991). This is intended to analyse groups at the point of intersection, e.g. female, African-American, working class. It is often associated with the use of case study, ethnographic and narrative methods of enquiry (e.g. Prins 2006). McCall (2005) in he ...
The Nature of Social Reality - Cambridge Scholars Publishing
... with the totality of the Objects of knowledge.”4 Similarly, he argues that neither the science of the real, nor the science of being, no matter how universal, can be considered the science of objects par excellence: “the sciences of being in general, including the one which has to do generally with ...
... with the totality of the Objects of knowledge.”4 Similarly, he argues that neither the science of the real, nor the science of being, no matter how universal, can be considered the science of objects par excellence: “the sciences of being in general, including the one which has to do generally with ...
Causal Understanding and the
... policy in particular, is the primary audience for such type of research (e.g. Burkhauser and Smeeding, 1999). Longitudinal social research should uncover the mechanisms by which undesirable outcome could be avoided and favorable outcomes could be reached. Especially in the late sixties and the seven ...
... policy in particular, is the primary audience for such type of research (e.g. Burkhauser and Smeeding, 1999). Longitudinal social research should uncover the mechanisms by which undesirable outcome could be avoided and favorable outcomes could be reached. Especially in the late sixties and the seven ...
Understanding The Structure of Social Action - Assets
... the contrary, there are sociological elements not only in the political world as we ordinarily understand it but in the economic world and vice versa. ...
... the contrary, there are sociological elements not only in the political world as we ordinarily understand it but in the economic world and vice versa. ...
Deviance - Annapolis High School
... SOCIOLOGY THE STUDY OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS Control Theory Control Theorists are more interested in why the person conforms rather than the causes of deviance. Looks at the social ties that are integrated into a community. Strong Communities have less acts of deviance. Weaker Communities hav ...
... SOCIOLOGY THE STUDY OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS Control Theory Control Theorists are more interested in why the person conforms rather than the causes of deviance. Looks at the social ties that are integrated into a community. Strong Communities have less acts of deviance. Weaker Communities hav ...
Must Sociological Theory and Sociological Practice Be So Far Apart
... even believe that sociology should be a science which, in a world dominated by this belief, only marginalizes us further or pushes us into the humanities where we must compete with far better-established disciplines. But most significantly, if sociology cannot be a cumulative science, it cannot have ...
... even believe that sociology should be a science which, in a world dominated by this belief, only marginalizes us further or pushes us into the humanities where we must compete with far better-established disciplines. But most significantly, if sociology cannot be a cumulative science, it cannot have ...
Tests of Concepts
... the actual social changes responding to a given level of industrialization will vary locally as they are shaped by locally-boot-up social transactions (Blumer 1990). It is particularly important to note that Blumer expects for local responses to exhibit significant differences because these response ...
... the actual social changes responding to a given level of industrialization will vary locally as they are shaped by locally-boot-up social transactions (Blumer 1990). It is particularly important to note that Blumer expects for local responses to exhibit significant differences because these response ...
Two Paradigms in Management Epistemology
... (e.g. strategy, marketing, human resources, financial resources, information technologies) [Armstrong 1995]. Each criterion which we present here does differentiate a cognitive approach to an organisation. We believe, however, that they can be subjected to a more general epistemological scheme. Both ...
... (e.g. strategy, marketing, human resources, financial resources, information technologies) [Armstrong 1995]. Each criterion which we present here does differentiate a cognitive approach to an organisation. We believe, however, that they can be subjected to a more general epistemological scheme. Both ...
The Social Organization of Sexuality
... 1. Interviews with 76 people, at two colleges on the East Coast (one a large state university, one a small Catholic institution). Interviewed 76 people from 2001 to 2006, 34 men and 42 women, 51 undegraduates and 25 alumni, 95% white, some in fraternities and sororities, ...
... 1. Interviews with 76 people, at two colleges on the East Coast (one a large state university, one a small Catholic institution). Interviewed 76 people from 2001 to 2006, 34 men and 42 women, 51 undegraduates and 25 alumni, 95% white, some in fraternities and sororities, ...
IfS DP 02_2013 Social Network Analysis and the Sociology of
... When discussing sociological network theory, we follow an innovative script that invites academic and economic and policy issues of real societies and economies (as opposed to abstract societies and economies) as subjects for research. Network research, especially when applied, is increasingly inter ...
... When discussing sociological network theory, we follow an innovative script that invites academic and economic and policy issues of real societies and economies (as opposed to abstract societies and economies) as subjects for research. Network research, especially when applied, is increasingly inter ...
... its contents manifest the operation of genitive and functional processes that are socially characterized. In a greater sense, it designates a form of social thought. Social representations constitute ways of practical thought oriented to communication, comprehension and dominion of the social, mater ...
An Introduction to Actor-Network
... advisable to also consider ‘social, cultural, and political aspects’ that could explain why some sound organizational principles are never applied in practice. Many other examples can easily be found since this version of social theory has become the default position of our mental software that take ...
... advisable to also consider ‘social, cultural, and political aspects’ that could explain why some sound organizational principles are never applied in practice. Many other examples can easily be found since this version of social theory has become the default position of our mental software that take ...
sport
... One sign of this discrimination shows up in stacking, where players are assigned to less central positions on the basis of race or ethnicity. Fewer minority players are assigned to “central” positions that involve leadership and decisionmaking responsibilities. Salaries are not awarded equitab ...
... One sign of this discrimination shows up in stacking, where players are assigned to less central positions on the basis of race or ethnicity. Fewer minority players are assigned to “central” positions that involve leadership and decisionmaking responsibilities. Salaries are not awarded equitab ...
BOOK REVIEW/COMPTE RENDU Richard Lachmann, What is
... doing sociology that recognizes change as the true subject of the discipline” (p. 140). Lachmann performs an exposition of well-known contributions to these central sociological debates through situated readings of “exemplary” works of historical sociology. This choice plays out in unexpected ways, ...
... doing sociology that recognizes change as the true subject of the discipline” (p. 140). Lachmann performs an exposition of well-known contributions to these central sociological debates through situated readings of “exemplary” works of historical sociology. This choice plays out in unexpected ways, ...