On the Practice of Sociology

On the Practice of Sociology
Author: Pitirim A. Sorokin
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 340
Release: 1998-08-15
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780226768298

Pitirim Sorokin (1889-1968) rose from a peasant childhood in Russia to become one of the most insightful figures in the history of sociology. At the Harvard Research Center for Creative Altruism, he developed a blueprint for social reconstruction. This collection includes essays that range from his early Russian years to his final works in the '60s.

Sociological Practice

Sociological Practice
Author: Derek Layder
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 202
Release: 1998-09-04
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 144623682X

In this textbook, Derek Layder offers a better understanding of the links between theory and research, and provides an analysis of the relationship between the two. He develops clear usable strategies to encourage theory development in the practical context of social research, and introduces a new approach - adaptive theory - which can be used to generate new theory as well as develop existing theory in conjunction with empirical research. Layder concludes by providing an outline of new rules of sociological method that show how adaptive theory can be put into practice.

The Self, Relational Sociology, and Morality in Practice

The Self, Relational Sociology, and Morality in Practice
Author: Owen Abbott
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 195
Release: 2019-10-21
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3030318222

Winner of the 2020 British Sociological Association Philip Abrams Prize Providing a theory of moral practice for a contemporary sociological audience, Owen Abbott shows that morality is a relational practice achieved by people in their everyday lives. He moves beyond old dualisms—society versus the individual, social structure versus agency, body versus mind—to offer a sociologically rigorous and coherent theory of the relational constitution of the self and moral practice, which is both shared and yet enacted from an individualized perspective. In so doing, The Self, Relational Sociology, and Morality in Practice not only offers an urgently needed account of moral practice and its integral role in the emergence of the self, but also examines morality itself within and through social relations and practices. Abbott’s conclusions will be of interest to social scientists and philosophers of morality, those working with pragmatic and interactionist approaches, and those involved with relational sociology and social theory.

Doing Sociology

Doing Sociology
Author: Jammie Price
Publisher: Lexington Books
Total Pages: 207
Release: 2009-08-16
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0739139789

This successor to the well-known Using Sociology covers standard topics found in any sociology textbook. Doing Sociology walks lay readers through the steps of doing real-life sociological practices as conducted by experts in the field. The contributors to this volume range from university and college faculty, government sociologists, and practitioners from the private sector. Each of the chapters is by intention and design a personal statement, a case study illustrating how the authors practice sociology in their own words and style, giving readers a clearer understanding of what sociologists do outside of teaching in universities. And most importantly, an understanding of what they could do with sociology. Readable, relevant, and accessible, Doing Sociology is an invaluable resource as a stand-alone course reader or as a supplement to a traditional textbook.

Sociological Practice

Sociological Practice
Author: John G. Bruhn
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2007-11-15
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0387718648

This second edition of a classic text in the field has been revisited by its authors and extensively reworked. It incorporates new case studies based on the authors’ experiences as well as one completely new chapter. The first edition of Clinical Sociology was published in 1996. Its goal was to explore various approaches to problem-solving at the micro, meso, and macro levels of social complexity.

Matters of Culture

Matters of Culture
Author: Roger Friedland
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 428
Release: 2004-07-22
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780521795456

American sociology is in the midst of a cultural turn. Where sociologists once spurned culture, today they embrace and explore it, seeking to understand the construction of social forms and the way culture matters. Problems of meaning, discourse, aesthetics, value, textuality, form and narrativity, topics traditionally within the humanists' purview, have come to the fore as sociologists increasingly emphasize the role of meanings, symbols, cultural frames and cognitive schema in their theorizations of social process and institution. Matters of Culture, first published in 2004, is an introduction to some of the best theorizing in cultural sociology, focusing in particular on questions of power, the sacred and cultural production. With a major theoretical introduction that lays out the internal structure of the field and its relation to cultural studies and contributions from leading academics Matters of Culture offers students and professors alike a representative range of the types of cultural sociological analysis available.

Theory and Practice in Sociology

Theory and Practice in Sociology
Author: Ian Marsh
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 430
Release: 2014-05-12
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1317904842

Theory and Practise in Sociology provide's students with a comprehensive, clear and accessible introduction to the main methods of research and the main theoretical approaches in sociology, and help's them examine the relationship between methods and theory.

Handbook of Clinical Sociology

Handbook of Clinical Sociology
Author: Howard M. Rebach
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 488
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1461512174

Clinical sociology is an action-oriented field that seeks to prevent, reduce, or resolve the seemingly overwhelming number of social problems confronting modern society. In an extensive revision of the first edition of this classic text and reference, published by Plenum in 1990, the editors have assembled a distinguished roster of contributors to address such topics as theory and practice; intervention at various levels of social organization; specific kinds of sociological practice; social problems; and the process of becoming a clinical sociologist.

Sociology and Social Work

Sociology and Social Work
Author: Jo Cunningham
Publisher: Learning Matters
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2014-03-24
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 147390725X

Sociological perspectives and their application to social work are an inherent part of the QAA benchmark statements in the social work degree. In addition, graduates must understand how sociological perspectives can be used to dissect societal and structural influences on human behaviour at individual, group and community levels. This fully-revised second edition includes a new chapter on social class and welfare and is mapped to the new Professional Capabilities Framework for Social Work.

Public Sociology As Educational Practice

Public Sociology As Educational Practice
Author: Eurig Scandrett
Publisher: Policy Press
Total Pages: 396
Release: 2022-03
Genre: Education
ISBN: 152920142X

Leading academics reflect on concepts and aspects of public sociology education in this perceptive collection of case studies, linked by critical dialogue between contributors. They consider publics, practices and special knowledges in the field, and go beyond academia’s boundaries to explore the purposes and targets of sociological knowledge.