New Horizons In Sociological Theory And Research
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| Author | : Luigi Tomasi |
| Publisher | : Ashgate Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 456 |
| Release | : 2001 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : |
An examination of the tasks and frontiers that confront sociology at the start of the third millennium. Distinguished contributors analyze the nature and effects of social changes such as the globalization of markets and unprecedented scientific and technological progress and explore the implications for the structure and organization of sociological research.
| Author | : Kenneth Menzies |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 265 |
| Release | : 2014-08-21 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1317657195 |
Central to most sociologists’ self-image is the claim that their theories are based on research. However, using a random sample of 680 articles appearing in major American, British and Canadian journals, Dr Menzies shows that in some areas of sociology the wide gap between theory and research means that much of sociological theory is virtually untested. He explains how theory is embodied in eight particular types of research, critically examines these research theories, and contrasts them with the positions of modern theorists. The sample of journal articles also permits a comparison of British, American and Canadian sociology. By contrasting on how researchers us theories, Dr Menzies is able to reassess several theories. For instance, symbolic interactionist research uses embedded causal claims and stands in a dialectical relationship to other sociological research, while the research version of conflict theory depends on external causes to explain social change. The implications of using statistical techniques like factor analysis and regression are also considered in relation to the form of explanation.
| Author | : Luigi Tomasi |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 421 |
| Release | : 2020-07-24 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1000160254 |
This title was first published in 2001. This book tackles the important issue of the tasks that confront sociology in the third millennium. It examines the sociological interpretations of the World-Wide revolution which - amid unprecedented scientific and technological progress and the globalization of markets - has generated new inequalities, poverty, structural unemployment and mass conditionings. A number of the most distinguished living sociologists (including Boudon, Beck, Eisenstadt, Tiryakain, Wieviorka) furnish profound and innovative interpretations of changes in world society, while outlining the frontiers of sociological research for the 21st Century. The contributions to the book not only prompt reflection on the structure and organization of sociological research, but also revitalize sociological inquiry by conducting original and stimulating analysis of theoretical and methodological issues - an undertaking essential for the survival of the discipline itself.
| Author | : Jonathan H. Turner |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 731 |
| Release | : 2006-11-22 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 0387362746 |
This wide-ranging handbook presents in-depth discussions on the array of subspecialties that comprise the field of sociological theory. Prominent theorists working in a variety of traditions discuss methodologies and strategies; the cultural turn in sociological theorizing; interaction processes; theorizing from the systemic and macro level; new directions in evolutionary theorizing; power, conflict, and change; and theorizing from assumptions of rationality.
| Author | : George Ritzer |
| Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
| Total Pages | : 448 |
| Release | : 1990 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 9780231070799 |
This book presents essays reflecting the current state and near-term prospects of sociological theory.
| Author | : Joseph Berger |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 401 |
| Release | : 2002-07-31 |
| Genre | : Reference |
| ISBN | : 1461714737 |
Written by eminent sociologists, this book introduces and assesses some of the most influential, recent sociological theories. Each chapter explains the theory and describes a related program of empirical research. Chapters are authored by the actual founders (and/or leading exponents) of these theoretical programs; many chapters contain a description of the inception, growth, and present status of the theoretical program. The book covers a broad range of sociological concerns, from the investigation of power and status processes, to social movements and revolutions, to organizational and institutional structures, to world system analysis. Accessibly written for a wide sociological audience, this book is an invaluable introduction for undergraduates and graduates to sociology's most important theoretical advances.
| Author | : Sal Restivo |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 250 |
| Release | : 2016-02-11 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1134785356 |
A response to complex problems spanning disciplinary boundaries, Worlds of ScienceCraft offers bold new ways of conceptualizing ideas of science, sociology, and philosophy. Beginning with the historical foundations of civilization and progress, assumptions about the categories we use to talk about minds, identities, and bodies are challenged through case studies from mathematics, social cognition, and medical ethics. Offering innovative approaches to these issues, such as an integrated social brain-mind-body model and a critique of divisions between the natural and technological, this book provides novel conceptions of self, society and an emerging ’cyborg’ generation. From the micro level of brains and expanding all the way out to biopolitical civics, disciplinary boundaries are made permeable, emphasizing the increased need for interdisciplinary scholarship. By rejecting outdated and restrictive categories and classifications, new horizons in studies of science, technology, and medicine can be explored through the incorporation of feminist, international, and postmodern perspectives. A truly interdisciplinary examination of science and technology as cultural phenomena, Worlds of ScienceCraft will appeal to scholars and students of science and technology studies, as well as philosophers, historians, and sociologists of science, technology, and medicine.
| Author | : Geoff Cooper |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 218 |
| Release | : 2016-04-01 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1317053117 |
What are the aims of sociology? What are its objects of study? How relevant is the classical tradition to the practice of sociology today? This volume brings together internationally renowned and new scholars to consider the changing relationship between contemporary and classical sociology. Arguing that recent historical and theoretical developments make reconsideration timely, it suggests that whilst the classical tradition has a continuing pertinence, it is inevitably subject to ongoing reconfiguration. Assessing the explanatory value of classical and contemporary forms of sociology, interrogating social theory as both a form of explanation and a mode of practice, and considering the possible consequences for the discipline of questions about its subject matter, Sociological Objects steers a course between assertions about radical epistemological breaks on the one hand, and reverence for the classical tradition on the other. Rather, it emphasizes the value of reworking, reconsidering and reconfiguring sociological thought.
| Author | : Jonathan H. Turner |
| Publisher | : SAGE Publications |
| Total Pages | : 521 |
| Release | : 2011-11-23 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1483341879 |
Now published by SAGE, this scholarly text covers the first one hundred years of sociological theorizing, from 1830-1930, focusing primarily on Comte, Spencer, Marx, Weber, Simmel, Durkheim, and Mead. The text provides an in-depth examination of these early sociological theorists with biographical background, analysis of key works, major influences, critical insights, and also answers the question, "What do these ideas tell us about the basic forces that shape the social world?" Posing this question for each theorist adds a unique perspective to the text and distinguishes it from other sociological theory books. In addition, it also includes material on the enduring models and principles of the theorists' work that continue to inform sociological theory today.
| Author | : Ian Marsh |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 396 |
| Release | : 2014-05-12 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1317882024 |
Classic and Contemporary Readings in Sociology introduces the reader to sociological issues, theories and debates, providing extracts of primary source material, from both classical and contemporary theorists. Theorists are examined within their historical and sociological framework and the text provides an analysis of developments in sociological thought and research. The text is divided into four main sections: Part One, Origins and Concepts, surveys the history of the discipline of sociology and examines key themes which have influenced sociological theorising and investigation, in particular, social control, culture and socialisation. Parts Two and Four, Sociological Theories and Sociological Research, include a number of readings from the founding theorists and investigators, including Auguste Comte, Emile Durkheim, Karl Marx, Max Weber and Charles Booth, and also include more recent theoretical writing and research approaches. The focus on theory and research is extended by a selection of readings centred around the theme of Differences and Inequalities (Part Three); these readings provide students with examples of work from an area where sociological theorising and research has been widely applied.
