Conceptualising the social world : principles of sociological analysis

"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 principle...

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Main Author: Scott, John , 1949- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , c2011
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245 1 0 |a Conceptualising the social world :   |b principles of sociological analysis   |c John Scott 
260 |a Cambridge :   |b Cambridge University Press ,   |c c2011 
300 |a vii, 333 p. :   |b ill. ;   |c 23 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-324) and index 
505 0 |a 1. Diversity and continuity in social theory -- 2. Culture : the socialization of meaning -- 3. Nature : conditions and constraints -- 4. Systemic processes: regulation and control -- 5. Space-time : forms and practices -- 6. Social structure: institutions and relations -- 7. Social action: interpersonal and collective -- 8. Subjects : socialized minds -- 9. Social development : differentiation and change -- 10. Conclusion 
520 |a "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 historical sequence in order to bring out the cumulative character of knowledge. Showing that the various principles can be combined in a single disciplinary framework, Scott argues that sociologists can work most productively within an intellectual division of labour that transcends artificial theoretical and disciplinary differences. Sociology provides the central ideas for conceptualising the social, but it must co-exist productively with other social science disciplines and disciplinary areas" 
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