The Shape Of Sociology For The 21st Century

Author : Devorah Kalekin-Fishman,Ann Denis
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781473903265

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"This is an important and thought-provoking collection of contemporary articles on the current crisis in social theory." - Professor Roger Penn, Lancaster University "With a comprehensive vision, great sociologists from around the world address the challenges of the new century." - Professor Michael Burawoy, University of California, Berkeley Over the past century, the field of sociology has experienced extraordinary expansion and vitality. But is this growth positive or negative - a promise of diversity or a threat of fragmentation? This critical volume explores the meaning of sociology and sociological knowledge in light of the recent growth and institutionalization of the discipline. A stellar group of international authors powerfully identify, question, and transform key assumptions in sociology. Leading us through the challenges faced by sociology, and the possible strategies for addressing them in the future, the book includes key issues such as: globalization development social policy inequality. An important companion for advanced undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers engaged with contemporary sociological theory, sociology of knowledge and sociological analysis.

Author : Ann B. Denis,Devorah Kalekin-Fishman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Sociology
ISBN : 1446288641

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The Shape of Sociology for the 21st Century by Ann B. Denis,Devorah Kalekin-Fishman Pdf

This critical volume explores the meaning of sociology and sociological knowledge in light of the recent growth and institutionalization of the discipline. A stellar group of international authors powerfully identify, question, and transform key assumptions in sociology.

Author : Devorah Kalekin-Fishman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317055358

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Practicing Social Science by Devorah Kalekin-Fishman Pdf

How is the process of globalization effecting changes in the structure of knowledge in sociology? This path-breaking volume looks at the human dimension of developments in the discipline by compiling a set of interviews that exemplify the life and work of a sociologist today. Their ideas and conceptualizations show to what extent a "paradigm shift" has taken root, answering questions such as whether sociology still remains a differentiated, relatively autonomous social science. The chosen interviewees are about equally divided according to gender and have been selected from among professional sociologists in different parts of the globe, with an emphasis on areas that are under-represented in English publications, such as East Asia, Latin America, and Africa. Analysis focuses on changes which are becoming clear from the on-going confrontation between "traditional" sociology which emerged as a project of modernity, and the sociology practiced by sociologists who are called upon to adapt the discipline to the upheavals of the twenty-first century.

Author : Clifton D. Bryant,Dennis L. Peck
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 1346 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781412916080

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21st Century Sociology: A Reference Handbook by Clifton D. Bryant,Dennis L. Peck Pdf

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Author : Ruth Wright,Geir Johansen,Panagiotis A. Kanellopoulos,Patrick Schmidt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-26
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780429997495

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The Routledge Handbook to Sociology of Music Education by Ruth Wright,Geir Johansen,Panagiotis A. Kanellopoulos,Patrick Schmidt Pdf

The Routledge Handbook to Sociology of Music Education is a comprehensive, authoritative and state-of-the-art review of current research in the field. The opening introduction orients the reader to the field, highlights recent developments, and draws together concepts and research methods to be covered. The chapters that follow are written by respected, experienced experts on key issues in their area of specialisation. From separate beginnings in the United States, Europe, and the United Kingdom in the mid-twentieth century, the field of the sociology of music education has and continues to experience rapid and global development. It could be argued that this Handbook marks its coming of age. The Handbook is dedicated to the exclusive and explicit application of sociological constructs and theories to issues such as globalisation, immigration, post-colonialism, inter-generational musicking, socialisation, inclusion, exclusion, hegemony, symbolic violence, and popular culture. Contexts range from formal compulsory schooling to non-formal communal environments to informal music making and listening. The Handbook is aimed at graduate students, researchers and professionals, but will also be a useful text for undergraduate students in music, education, and cultural studies.

Author : Clifton D. Bryant
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:315567831

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21st Century Sociology by Clifton D. Bryant Pdf

Focuses on the corpus of knowledge garnered in traditional areas of sociological inquiry, as well as documenting the general orientation of the various areas. This book features an assessment of the specialty fields of sociology, an examination of the phases of development, discussions on the various traditional sub-fields of sociology, and more.

Author : Tim Curry,Robert Jiobu,Kent Schwirian
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2007-06-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 013244853X

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Sociology for the 21st Century by Tim Curry,Robert Jiobu,Kent Schwirian Pdf

Author : Peeter Vihalemm,Anu Masso,Signe Opermann
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2017-11-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317043508

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The Routledge International Handbook of European Social Transformations by Peeter Vihalemm,Anu Masso,Signe Opermann Pdf

This book focuses on social transformations as one of the central topics in the social sciences. The study of European social transformations is very valuable in the context of universal discussions within social sciences: explaining invariable, universal attributes of societies and examining changing attributes. The book consists of 20 chapters on European social transformations, written from the perspectives of distinguished scholars from such disciplines as economics, political science, educational science, geography, media and communication studies, public management and administration, social psychology and sociology. The temporal and spatial range of the book is wide, including such global changes as time-space compression, focusing particularly on change processes in Europe during the last two decades. The book consists of four main parts, beginning with an overview of the theoretical and methodological approaches, and then focusing separately on post-communist transformations, institutional drivers of social transformations in the European Union, and European transformations in the context of global processes. The book presents current theoretical, empirical and methodological approaches that complement the scientific literature on social transformations. This book is both an invaluable resource for scholars and an indispensable teaching tool for use in the classroom and will be of interest to students, academics, and policy-makers studying how this diverse region has changed over recent years.

Author : Pamela J. Shoemaker,Stephen D. Reese
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135858292

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Mediating the Message in the 21st Century by Pamela J. Shoemaker,Stephen D. Reese Pdf

Hailed as one of the "most significant books of the twentieth century" by Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, Mediating the Message has long been an essential text for media effects scholars and students of media sociology. This new edition of the classic media sociology textbook now offers students a comprehensive, theoretical approach to media content in the twenty-first century, with an added focus on entertainment media and the Internet.

Author : Robert J. Brym
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0774735686

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New Society by Robert J. Brym Pdf

Author : Timothy Jon Curry,Robert M. Jiobu,Kent P. Schwirian
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Social change
ISBN : NWU:35556038856720

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Sociology for the Twenty-first Century by Timothy Jon Curry,Robert M. Jiobu,Kent P. Schwirian Pdf

For freshman-level courses in Introductory Sociology. With a strong critical thinking focus, this text encourages students to think about tomorrow and the next century from a sociological viewpoint. This text introduces students to sociology using an eclectic approach that is tied together by systematically highlighting two aspects of social change 1) the change or contrast between social life organized around personal, communal relations and social life organized around impersonal, associational relations; and 2) the ongoing social processes and the implications they have for life in the twenty-first century.

Author : Seth Abrutyn
Publisher : Springer
Page : 577 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319322506

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Handbook of Contemporary Sociological Theory by Seth Abrutyn Pdf

This Handbook provides the hidden common threads that tie sociological inquiry together and featuring eminent scholars, it separates itself from its predecessors in substance and organization. Rather than rehashing old debates or longingly gazing at the past, this book presents sociologists with new ways of conceptualizing the organization and presentation of sociological theory. At the heart of this Handbook’s vision is the twin goals of making theory a viable enterprise by reconceptualizing how we teach theory and keeping theory closely tied to its empirical applications. Three strategies are offered: (1) Elucidating how classic issues like integration or interaction are interrogated today; (2) Presenting a coherent vision of the social levels of reality that theorists work on such as communities, groups, and the self as well as how the coherence of these levels speaks to the macro-micro link; and, (3) Theorizing the social world rather than celebrating theorists or theories; that is, one can look at how theory is used holistically to understand the constraints the social world places on our lived experience or the dynamics of social change. Hence, in the second decade of the 21st century, it has become clear that sociology is at a crossroads as the number of theorists and amount of theory available is increasingly unmanageable and unknowable by the vast majority of professionals and students. As such, this Handbook of Contemporary Sociological Theory presents the novice and the expert with the a roadmap for traversing this crossroad and building a more coherent, robust, and cumulative sociology.

Author : Simon Susen
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 623 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030384241

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Sociology in the Twenty-First Century by Simon Susen Pdf

This book examines key trends, debates, and challenges in twenty-first-century sociology. To this end, it focuses on significant issues surrounding the nature of sociology (‘What is sociology?’), the history of sociology (‘How has sociology evolved?’), and the study of sociology (‘How can or should we make sense of sociology?’). These issues have been, and will continue to be, essential to the creation of conceptually informed, methodologically rigorous, and empirically substantiated research programmes in the discipline. Over the past years, however, there have been numerous disputes and controversies concerning the future of sociology. Particularly important in this respect are recent and ongoing discussions on the possibilities of developing new – and, arguably, post-classical – forms of sociology. The central assumption underlying most of these projects is the contention that a comprehensive analysis of the principal challenges faced by global society requires the construction of a sociology capable of accounting for the interconnectedness of social actors and social structures across time and space. This book provides a cutting-edge overview of crucial past, present, and possible future trends, debates, and challenges shaping the pursuit of sociological inquiry. ‘Simon Susen – one of the most knowledgeable scholars in the contemporary social sciences – examines the key challenges with which sociology is confronted today. This book is a must-read for professional sociologists as well as for those studying the subject.’ – Luc Boltanski, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France ‘Simon Susen provides a balanced update on sociology’s theoretical, methodological, and institutional resources as well as challenges in today’s complicated local and global social worlds. Fortunately, he has innovative and practical recommendations for ensuring the cutting-edge relevance of sociological thinking. This book is an excellent choice for undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as for the general reader.’ – Sandra Harding, University of California, Los Angeles, USA ‘A comprehensive and judicious account of the intellectual and material state of sociology, based on omnivorous reading and incisive analysis. The writing is beautifully clear, and the book is a major contribution to the self-understanding of the discipline.’ – William Outhwaite, Newcastle University, UK

Author : Devorah Kalekin-Fishman
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317055365

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Practicing Social Science by Devorah Kalekin-Fishman Pdf

How is the process of globalization effecting changes in the structure of knowledge in sociology? This path-breaking volume looks at the human dimension of developments in the discipline by compiling a set of interviews that exemplify the life and work of a sociologist today. Their ideas and conceptualizations show to what extent a "paradigm shift" has taken root, answering questions such as whether sociology still remains a differentiated, relatively autonomous social science. The chosen interviewees are about equally divided according to gender and have been selected from among professional sociologists in different parts of the globe, with an emphasis on areas that are under-represented in English publications, such as East Asia, Latin America, and Africa. Analysis focuses on changes which are becoming clear from the on-going confrontation between "traditional" sociology which emerged as a project of modernity, and the sociology practiced by sociologists who are called upon to adapt the discipline to the upheavals of the twenty-first century.

Author : Nehring, Daniel,Kerrigan, Dylan
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2020-02-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781529204919

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Imagining Society by Nehring, Daniel,Kerrigan, Dylan Pdf

Re-examining C.Wright Mills’s legacy as a jumping off point, this original introduction to sociology illuminates global concepts, themes and practices that are fundamental to the discipline. It makes a case for the importance of developing a sociological imagination and provides the steps for how readers can do that. The unique text: • Offers succinct and wide-ranging coverage of many of the most important themes and concepts taught in first year sociology courses; • Has a global framework and case material which engages with decoloniality and critiques an overly white, western and developed world view of sociology; • Is woven through with contemporary examples, from social media to social inequality, big data to the self-help industry; • Rethinks and re-imagines what a critically committed, politically engaged and publicly relevant sociology should look like in the 21st century. This is a lively, engaging and accessible overview of sociology for all its students, teachers and people who want to learn more about sociology today. It is a welcome clarion call for sociology’s importance in public life.