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11Social Theory: Central Issues in SociologySage Publishing. 2005.This is a comprehensive, critical review of social theory that places leading contributions in their larger context. Written predominantly for students, the scope and range of the subjects and authors dealt with results in one of the most comprehensive introductions to social theory published to date. Ranging from the philosophical foundations of sociology and the discovery of `the social' to distinctive sociological approaches, to the significance of issues pertaining to gender and patriarchy, …Read more
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13Objectivity and Subjectivity in Social ResearchSage Publishing. 2012.This book, written by leading authors in the field, takes a completely new approach to objectivity and subjectivity, no longer treating them as opposed - as many existing texts do - but as logically and methodologically related in social research. The authors explain complex arguments with great clarity for social science students, while also providing the detail and comprehensiveness required to meet the needs of practicing researchers and scholars.
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142750 Key Sociologists: The Contemporary TheoristsRoutledge. 2007.Fifty Key Sociologists: The Contemporary Theorists covers the life, work, ideas and impact of some of the most important thinkers in this discipline. Concentrating on figures writing predominantly in the second half of the twentieth century, such as Zygmunt Bauman, Pierre Bourdieu, Judith Butler, Michel Foucault and Claude Le;vi-Strauss, each entry includes: · full cross-referencing · a further reading section · biographical data · key works and ideas · critical assessment. Clearly presented in …Read more
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13The structure of sociological theory and knowledgeJournal for the Theory of Social Behaviour 9 (3). 1979.
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13Sociological Theory: Contemporary DebatesEdward Elgar. 1995; 2 edn 2012.This volume explores the principle trends and lines of division within comtemporary sociology, presenting arguments about the relative merits of the positions covered.
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Relationism, cubism, and reality: Beyond relativismIn Tim May & Malcolm Williams (eds.), Knowing the social world, Open University Press. pp. 103--119. 1998.
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15Realist sociology and the critique of empiricismPhilosophy of the Social Sciences 9 (3): 327-340. 1979.
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6Conceptualising the Social World: Principles of Sociological AnalysisCambridge University Press. 2011.This comprehensive and authoritative statement of fundamental principles of sociological analysis integrates approaches that are often seen as mutually exclusive. John Scott argues that theorising in sociology and other social sciences is characterised by the application of eight key principles of sociological analysis: culture, nature, system, structure, action, space-time, mind and development. He considers the principal contributions to the study of each of these dimensions in their historica…Read more