
Practicing Social Science
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'This book is a fantastic dive into sociological reflexivity. Looking at the ways sociologists in different corners of the world live their discipline, the author offers the reader an inspiring way to reflect about contemporary sociology. While the sociologists interviewed disclose their lived experience Kalekin-Fishman crafts their discourse into a powerful interpretation of present day challenges confronting not only sociology but all the social sciences.' - Professor of Sociology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil'Thinking globally is not only understanding the global economy. It also means analyzing the world today with new tools, and taking into account recent perspectives that are opened by social scientists all over the world - not only in English. Nobody could do it better than Devorah Kalekin-Fishman, with her experience as a former vice president for publications at the International Sociological Association.' - Michel Wieviorka, President of the Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme and Professor at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, France 'This book is a fantastic dive into sociological reflexivity. Looking at the ways sociologists in different corners of the world live their discipline, the author offers the reader an inspiring way to reflect about contemporary sociology. While the sociologists interviewed disclose their lived experience Kalekin-Fishman crafts their discourse into a powerful interpretation of present day challenges confronting not only sociology but all the social sciences.' - Elisa Reis, Professor of Sociology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
'Thinking globally is not only understanding the global economy. It also means analyzing the world today with new tools, and taking into account recent perspectives that are opened by social scientists all over the world - not only in English. Nobody could do it better than Devorah Kalekin-Fishman, with her experience as a former vice president for publications at the International Sociological Association.' - Michel Wieviorka, President of the Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme and Professor at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, France
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PREFACE
INTRODUCTION: PRACTICING SOCIAL SCIENCE
PART I: DECLARATIONS AND DILEMMAS
CHAPTER 1. DISCIPLINE, CAREER, PROFESSION: SOCIOLOGY IN PRACTITIONERS' LIVES
CHAPTER 2. COMMUNITY PROCLAMATIONS: OUTLINING PROFESSIONALISM
CHAPTER 3. HOW DOES SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION HAPPEN?
CHAPTER 4. THEORIZING GLOBALIZATION
CHAPTER 5. SOCIAL CHANGE IN A NUTSHELL: THE BRICS AND ECHOES FROM THE ISLAMIC WORLD
PART II: PRACTITIONERS AND THEIR CRAFT
CHAPTER 6. INTERVIEWING COLLEAGUES
CHAPTER 7. THE INTERVIEWS
CHAPTER 7A. BRAZIL
SIMON SCHWARTZMAN
MARIA LIGIA BARBOSA
JOAO BACHUR
CHAPTER 7B. RUSSIA
DAVID KONSTANTINOVSKIY
ANNA TEMKINA
CHAPTER 7C. FROM THE CHINESE WORLD
HSIN-HUANG MICHAEL HSIAO
AGNES SHU-KEI KU
XIANGQUN CHANG
CHAPTER 7D. SOUTH AFRICA
JOHAN MULLER
TINA UYS
MARYAM SEEDAT KHAN
CHAPTER 7E. FROM THE MUSLIM WORLD
HABIBUL KHONDKER
CIGDEM ADEM
CHAPTER 8. SUBTLETIES OF PRACTICE: CONTINUITIES AND SMALL SHIFTS
POSTWORD: RECAPITULATION WITH CLUES FOR DESIGNING FURTHER INQUIRY
REFERENCES
INDEX
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