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Author: Martyn Hammersley Publisher: Springer Nature ISBN: 303051644X Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 239
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Sociology addresses challenging social issues and seeks new ways to understand them. However, much sociological terminology suffers from multiple, vague, or uncertain meanings. This is true of many of the central terms that sociologists use, such as ‘power’, ‘ideology’, ‘culture’, ‘social class’, and even ‘society’. The result is that the conclusions reached by sociological investigations are frequently subject to discrepant interpretations, and their validity is difficult to assess. The chapters in this book address several of the key terms employed by sociologists, examining the concepts associated with them in depth – from both an historical and an analytical perspective. The aim is not to develop an entirely new framework but rather to document the various meanings associated with these terms, and to suggest ways in which they could be refined or developed for the purposes of sociological analysis. Since the concepts addressed are of wide relevance, Troubling Sociological Concepts will be of interest and use to researchers and students across the social sciences.
Author: Martyn Hammersley Publisher: Springer Nature ISBN: 303051644X Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 239
Book Description
Sociology addresses challenging social issues and seeks new ways to understand them. However, much sociological terminology suffers from multiple, vague, or uncertain meanings. This is true of many of the central terms that sociologists use, such as ‘power’, ‘ideology’, ‘culture’, ‘social class’, and even ‘society’. The result is that the conclusions reached by sociological investigations are frequently subject to discrepant interpretations, and their validity is difficult to assess. The chapters in this book address several of the key terms employed by sociologists, examining the concepts associated with them in depth – from both an historical and an analytical perspective. The aim is not to develop an entirely new framework but rather to document the various meanings associated with these terms, and to suggest ways in which they could be refined or developed for the purposes of sociological analysis. Since the concepts addressed are of wide relevance, Troubling Sociological Concepts will be of interest and use to researchers and students across the social sciences.
Author: Martyn Hammersley Publisher: Taylor & Francis ISBN: 100083400X Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 196
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Methodological Concepts: A Critical Guide clarifies many key terms and issues in social research methodology. It outlines the conventional meanings of these terms, but also addresses their contentious character. The aim is to offer interpretations of them that provide a coherent conception of the nature of social science. This book is premised on the idea that more clarity about the meaning of major methodological concepts is essential, and that the disagreements which pervade the field must be addressed. Numerous key terms are discussed across 13 chapters, including ‘methodology’, ‘method’, ‘inquiry’, ‘research’, ‘science’, ‘truth’, ‘fact’, ‘rigour’, ‘bias’, ‘objectivity’, ‘data’, ‘evidence’, ‘induction’, ‘deduction’, ‘abduction’, ‘understanding’, ‘explanation’, ‘reflexivity’, ‘triangulation’, ‘theory’, and ‘researcher integrity’. These concepts have been implicated in fundamental divisions among social scientists, exemplified by the ‘paradigm wars’ of the past few decades. The chapters of this book provide an overview of the various meanings given to these terms, whilst also offering distinctive interpretations designed to provide a sound basis for social research. Methodological Concepts: A Critical Guide will be of great use to any student or researcher working in the social sciences.
Author: Martyn Hammersley Publisher: Psychology Press ISBN: 9780415202879 Category : Research Languages : en Pages : 212
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The ideal that the goal of social research was the production of objective knowledge, and that this required a commitment to value neutrality, has been challenged in recent times. Here, Martyn Hammersley assesses the arguments.
Author: Ara Francis Publisher: Rutgers University Press ISBN: 0813570549 Category : Family & Relationships Languages : en Pages : 187
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Our children mean the world to us. They are so central to our hopes and dreams that we will do almost anything to keep them healthy, happy, and safe. What happens, then, when a child has serious problems? In Family Trouble, a compelling portrait of upheaval in family life, sociologist Ara Francis tells the stories of middle-class men and women whose children face significant medical, psychological, and social challenges. Francis interviewed the mothers and fathers of children with such problems as depression, bi-polar disorder, autism, learning disabilities, drug addiction, alcoholism, fetal alcohol syndrome, and cerebral palsy. Children’s problems, she finds, profoundly upset the foundations of parents’ everyday lives, overturning taken-for-granted expectations, daily routines, and personal relationships. Indeed, these problems initiated a chain of disruption that moved through parents’ lives in domino-like fashion, culminating in a crisis characterized by uncertainty, loneliness, guilt, grief, and anxiety. Francis looks at how mothers and fathers often differ in their interpretation of a child’s condition, discusses the gendered nature of child rearing, and describes how parents struggle to find effective treatments and to successfully navigate medical and educational bureaucracies. But above all, Family Trouble examines how children’s problems disrupt middle-class dreams of the “normal” family. It captures how children’s problems “radiate” and spill over into other areas of parents’ lives, wreaking havoc even on their identities, leading them to reevaluate deeply held assumptions about their own sense of self and what it means to achieve the good life. Engagingly written, Family Trouble offers insight to professionals and solace to parents. The book offers a clear message to anyone in the throes of family trouble: you are in good company, and you are not as different as you might feel...
Author: Brian Wolf Publisher: Lexington Books ISBN: 1498563457 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 205
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This book is written in praise of the criminal; a unique kind of criminal, who is motivated not by personal gain, but ethical altruism. Deviant heroes are those individuals who violate unjust norms and laws, facing the repercussions of social control, effecting positive social change in the process. Using a method that examines how the biographies of individual deviants intersected with history, it probes how criminals and deviants have been on the leading edge of important, positive social changes and the creation of a more just, fair, and humane society. Brian Wolf concludes with an examination of the problem of conformity and how deviant heroism in everyday life may be a remedy for injustice in micro-level social contexts.
Author: Sławomir J. Magala Publisher: Taylor & Francis ISBN: 1040026087 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 277
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Hofstede Matters offers an updated presentation of the evolving views of academics and teachers who have worked with Hofstede’s research findings since the publication of the first edition of Culture’s Consequences in 1980. The authors reflect on their changing beliefs about the concept of cultural dimensions that led to a radical change in the way cultures were dealt with in business schools across Europe and beyond. Hofstede’s dimensions made "thinking" about culture more accessible overnight by creating a conceptual framework that teachers, students, managers, and consultants could grasp and easily apply in international comparisons. The book shows the man behind the value dimensions framework through the eyes of teachers and academics many of whom dealt with Hofstede personally. Contemporary contributors as well as younger academic fellow researchers evaluate the past paradigms and look behind the scenes to better understand the developments of the more recent ones. Jointly, they try to decide if Hofstede still helps us to overcome uncertainty when confronted with actions undertaken with different values in mind. Did he nudge us in the desirable direction? Offering a unique analysis of the strengths, criticisms, and legacy of Hofstede’s work, this book will appeal to academics and students across disciplines including cross-cultural management, critical management studies, and international management.
Author: Morrall, Peter Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK) ISBN: 033521875X Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 267
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This sociology of psychotherapy describes it as a lottery and replete with conflict and rivalries. Moreover, therapy is accused of being arrogant, selfish, abusive, infectious, mad, sexualised, and of promoting the myth happiness.
Author: Melanie Nind Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing ISBN: 1800884273 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 479
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This comprehensive Handbook illustrates the wide range of approaches to teaching and learning social research methods in the classroom, online, in the field and in informal contexts. Bringing together contributors from varied disciplines and nations, it represents a landmark in the development of pedagogical culture for social research methods.
Author: Tobias A. Ten Eyck Publisher: ISBN: 9781516552573 Category : Languages : en Pages : 250
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The readings in Reflections from the Bookshelf use excerpts from great literature to explore sociological concepts, heightening student interest and making the concepts meaningful and relatable. The book exposes students to outstanding writing and demonstrates that sociology can be used to make sense of many situations, both within the pages of a good book and in life. Student-readers are invited to sit back, read, and enjoy the sociology of Don Quixote tilting at windmills, Captain Ahab giving chase to Moby Dick, and numerous other characters trying within the context of their stories to navigate the same challenges and issues faced daily in the real world. The book successfully blends academic writing and fiction to address issues such as death and dying, sexuality, criminal justice and deviance, and social movements and change. Other topics include families, globalization, science and technology, and war and politics. Reflections from the Bookshelf is an ideal text for introductory sociology courses, particularly those for the non-major. The book can also be used as a supplemental reader for first-year English and writing courses. Toby A. Ten Eyck earned his Ph.D. in sociology at Louisiana State University. Currently Dr. Ten Eyck is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology at Michigan State University. He has published articles on topics ranging from microbial levels in Michigan apple cider to trust and control in mass communication. His research has been funded by the National Science Foundation and the United States Department of Agriculture. Dr. Ten Eyck is a member of the American Sociological Association.
Author: Martyn Hammersley
Author: Martyn Hammersley
Author: Martyn Hammersley
Author: Martyn Hammersley
Author: Ara Francis
Author: Lalit P. Pathak
Author: Brian Wolf
Author: Sławomir J. Magala
Author: Morrall, Peter
Author: Melanie Nind
Author: Tobias A. Ten Eyck