On Sociology Volume One Critique and Program 2nd Edition by John H Goldthorpe ISBN 0804749973 9780804749978
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ISBN 10: 0804749973
ISBN 13: 9780804749978
Author: John H Goldthorpe
On Sociology—extensively revised, updated, and enlarged for this second edition—addresses the current state of the discipline. Looking to unify increasingly disparate areas of theory and research, John Goldthorpe presents a new mainstream for sociology, combining the demonstrated strengths of large-scale quantitative research and the explanatory power of social action theory. The author’s wide-ranging mastery, extending over comparative macro-sociology, applications of rational action theory, and philosophical and theoretical debates on causality, to key questions in educational attainment and class analysis and to the history of statistics in the social sciences, make this an essential book for any sociologist.
The collection of closely interlinked essays is presented in two volumes. Volume One begins with a series of critical essays that focus on methodological problems in certain styles of sociological work. The underlying theme is the need for recognition of a common “logic of inference” that must underpin qualitative and quantitative work alike. Volume Two illustrates and applies a new mainstream program, addressing various topics in social stratification to highlight different aspects of the integration of research and theory. Volume Two ends with two retrospective essays that place the concerns of On Sociology in the context of the history of the discipline in both the United States and Europe.
On Sociology Volume One Critique and Program 2nd Table of contents:
Part I: Foundations and Critiques of Sociological Theory
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Introduction: The Scope of Sociological Critique
1.1 The Role of Theory in Sociology
1.2 Classical vs Contemporary Perspectives
1.3 The Crisis of Modernity in Social Thought -
Critique of Positivism and Empiricism
2.1 Origins and Influence of Positivist Thought
2.2 Empirical Sociology and its Limits
2.3 Beyond Quantification: Rethinking Methodology -
Hermeneutics, Phenomenology, and Interpretive Traditions
3.1 Understanding Meaning in Social Action
3.2 Subjectivity and the Problem of Objectivity
3.3 Dialogue between Interpretive and Structural Approaches -
Marxism and Critical Theory Revisited
4.1 Structural Contradictions and Capitalist Modernity
4.2 The Frankfurt School and the Critique of Reason
4.3 Power, Ideology, and Cultural Domination
Part II: The Program – Toward a Reflexive Sociology
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Structuration Theory and the Agency-Structure Debate
5.1 Giddens and the Theory of Structuration
5.2 Duality of Structure and Social Practice
5.3 Comparative Models: Bourdieu, Archer, and Others -
Reflexivity and Late Modernity
6.1 Reflexive Modernization
6.2 The Self in the Age of Risk and Uncertainty
6.3 Knowledge, Institutions, and Social Change -
Time, Space, and Social Order
7.1 Disembedding and Reembedding of Social Systems
7.2 Globalization and the Compression of Time-Space
7.3 Everyday Life in the Context of Global Flows -
The Reconstitution of Social Theory
8.1 Moving Beyond Grand Theory
8.2 Analytical Dualism and Methodological Pluralism
8.3 Toward a Critical Realist Approach
Part III: Methodological Implications and Applications
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The Logic of Sociological Inquiry
9.1 Objectivity and Reflexivity in Research
9.2 Bridging Theory and Empirical Work
9.3 Sociological Imagination Revisited -
Themes for a Reconstructed Sociology
10.1 Social Transformation and Democratic Engagement
10.2 Ethics and Responsibility in the Social Sciences
10.3 The Future of Sociology in a Global Age
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