Practice and Progress

British Sociology 1950-1980
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-138-48371-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 259 g

Reihe: Routledge Library Editions: British Sociological Association

Originally published in 1981 Practice and Progress is a collection examining the changes that have occurred in the theories, methodologies and practices of sociology, in the institutional and educational setting of the subject, and in British society. The themes pursued include the professionalization of sociology its development and standing in the universities; the impact on it of Marxism and feminism and the major debates over positivism and empiricism, quantitative methods, linguistic analysis; and numerous other crucial methodological and theoretical concerns.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Abrams, Philip

Deem, Rosemary

Finch, Janet

Rock, Paul

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Part I: Intellectual Debates and Institutional Contexts 1. Professionalism in British Sociology 2. Sociology as a Parasite: Some Vices and Virtues 3. Oxbridge Sociology: The Development of Centres of Excellence 4. The Collapse of British Sociology Part II: Sociological Knowledge: Creation and Practice 5. The Social Construction of ‘Positivism’ and its Significance in British Sociology, 1950-80 6. The Anti-Quantitative Bias in Post-war British Sociology 7. Towards a Rehabilitation of Data 8. W(h)ither Sociological Methodology?: Generalisation and Comparative Method 9. Sociological Practice and Language Part III: Marxism and Feminsim: Radical Interventions in Sociology 10. Sociologies and Marxisms: the Odd Couples 11. The Division of Labour Revisited or Overcoming the Two Adams Bibliography Index