Sociological Writings
Author: Max Weber
Publisher: Burns & Oates
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 370
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Author: Max Weber
Publisher: Burns & Oates
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 370
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume is a compact collection of Weber's most trenchant sociological writings.
Author: Max Weber
Publisher: Burns & Oates
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume is a compact collection of Weber's most trenchant sociological writings.
Author: Mark Edwards
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2014-08-07
Total Pages: 161
ISBN-13: 1483354598
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWith humor and empathy, Mark Edwards’s handbook provides undergraduate and early-career graduate students guidance in sociological writing of all kinds. Writing in Sociology offers unusual approaches to developing ideas into research questions, utilizing research literature, constructing research papers, and completing different kinds of course writing (including case studies, theory papers, and applied social science projects). New chapters in the Second Edition offer insights into giving and receiving effective peer review and presenting qualitative research results. By focusing on how to think about the goals and strategies implicit in each section of a writing project this book provides accessible advice to novice sociological writers.
Author: Steve Fuller
Publisher: Pine Forge Press
Published: 2006-02-07
Total Pages: 350
ISBN-13: 1446228436
DOWNLOAD EBOOKC. Wright Mills′ classic The Sociological Imagination has inspired generations of students to study Sociology. However, the book is nearly half a century old. What would a book address, aiming to attract and inform students in the 21st century? This is the task that Steve Fuller sets himself in this major new invitation to study Sociology. The book: Critically examines the history of the social sciences to discover what the key contributions of sociology have been and how relevant they remain. Demonstrates how biological and sociological themes have been intertwined from the beginning of both disciplines, from the 19th century to the present day. Covers virtually all of sociology′s classic theorists and themes. Provides a glossary of key thinkers and concepts. This book sets the agenda for imagining sociology in the 21st century and will attract students and professionals alike.
Author: Matthias Benzer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2011-03-10
Total Pages: 279
ISBN-13: 1139500953
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTheodor Adorno is a widely-studied figure, but most often with regard to his work on cultural theory, philosophy and aesthetics. The Sociology of Theodor Adorno provides the first thorough English-language account of Adorno's sociological thinking. Matthias Benzer reads Adorno's sociology through six major themes: the problem of conceptualising capitalist society; empirical research; theoretical analysis; social critique; the sociological text; and the question of the non-social. Benzer explains the methodological and theoretical ideas informing Adorno's reflections on sociology and illustrates Adorno's approach to examining social life, including astrology, sexual taboos and racial prejudice. Benzer clarifies Adorno's sociology in relation to his work in other disciplines and the inspiration his sociology took from social thinkers such as Marx, Weber, Durkheim, Kracauer and Benjamin. The book raises critical questions about the viability of Adorno's sociological mode of procedure and its potential contributions and challenges to current debates in social science.
Author: Keith M Macdonald
Publisher: SAGE
Published: 1995-09-26
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 1446231712
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis much-needed book provides a systematic introduction, both conceptual and applied, to the sociology of the professions. Keith Macdonald guides the reader through the chief sociological approaches to the professions, addressing their strengths and weaknesses. The discussion is richly illustrated by examples from and comparisons between the professions in Britain, the United States and Europe, relating their development to their cultural context. The social exclusivity that professions aim for is discussed in relation to social stratification, patriarchy and knowledge, and is thoroughly illustrated by reference to examples from medicine and other established professions, such as law and architecture. The themes of the book are drawn together in a final chapter by means of a case study of accountancy.
Author: Bert N. Adams
Publisher: Pine Forge Press
Published: 2001-01-30
Total Pages: 672
ISBN-13: 9780761985570
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProviding a concise and comprehensive introduction to both classical and contemporary social thought, this volume makes social theory and social theorists accessible and meaningful.
Author: Bert N. Adams
Publisher: Pine Forge Press
Published: 2002-01-29
Total Pages: 390
ISBN-13: 9780761987802
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA concise, yet surprisingly comprehensive theory text, given the range of ideas, historical context, and theorists discussed. Unlike other books of the type, Classical Sociological Theory focuses on how the pivotal theories contributed not only to the development of the field, but also to the evolution of ideas concerning social life.
Author: Howard S. Becker
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2008-11-15
Total Pages: 424
ISBN-13: 0226041379
DOWNLOAD EBOOKStudents and researchers all write under pressure, and those pressures—most lamentably, the desire to impress your audience rather than to communicate with them—often lead to pretentious prose, academic posturing, and, not infrequently, writer’s block. Sociologist Howard S. Becker has written the classic book on how to conquer these pressures and simply write. First published nearly twenty years ago, Writing for Social Scientists has become a lifesaver for writers in all fields, from beginning students to published authors. Becker’s message is clear: in order to learn how to write, take a deep breath and then begin writing. Revise. Repeat. It is not always an easy process, as Becker wryly relates. Decades of teaching, researching, and writing have given him plenty of material, and Becker neatly exposes the foibles of academia and its “publish or perish” atmosphere. Wordiness, the passive voice, inserting a “the way in which” when a simple “how” will do—all these mechanisms are a part of the social structure of academic writing. By shrugging off such impediments—or at the very least, putting them aside for a few hours—we can reform our work habits and start writing lucidly without worrying about grades, peer approval, or the “literature.” In this new edition, Becker takes account of major changes in the computer tools available to writers today, and also substantially expands his analysis of how academic institutions create problems for them. As competition in academia grows increasingly heated, Writing for Social Scientists will provide solace to a new generation of frazzled, would-be writers.
Author: Herbert J. Gans
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2017-09-05
Total Pages: 378
ISBN-13: 0231545096
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis collection of recent essays by the influential sociologist Herbert J. Gans brings together the many themes of Gans’s wide-ranging career to make the case for a policy-oriented vision for sociology. Sociology and Social Policy explicates and helps solve social problems by presenting a range of studies on what people, institutions, and social structures do with, for, and against one another. These works from across Gans’s areas of interest—the city, poverty, ethnicity, employment and political economy, and the relationship between race and class—together make a powerful call to action for the field of sociology.