Practice and Progress
British Sociology 1950-1980
1st Edition
Published on 11. May 2018
216 pages
978-1-351-05414-0 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
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978-1-351-05414-0 (9781351054140)
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Content
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
