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On Sociology: Numbers, Narratives, and the Integration of Research and Theory

John H. Goldthorpe

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On Sociology brings together a collection of essays from the last ten years by one of the best-known and influential British sociologist, John H. Goldthorpe. The essays are concerned with the intellectual discovery of contemporary sociology. The collection begins with essays critical of various current tendencies in sociology and moves on to propose a new direction for the sociological mainstream. The essays combine the established strengths of quantitative sociology with recent developments in the theory of social action, especially rational action theory. The book then turns to specific examples of this style of sociology, particularly in the field of social stratification. The final essay takes up related issues in the history of sociology.

The Psychology of Quality of Life (Social Indicators Research Series)

M.J. Sirgy

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This book summarizes much of the research in subjective well-being and integrates this research into a parsimonious theory. The theory posits that much of the research on subjective well-being can be construed in terms of the personal strategies that people use to `optimise' their happiness and life satisfaction. These strategies include bottom-up spillover, top-down spillover, horizontal spillover, balance, re-evaluation, goal selection, and goal implementation.

Doing Feminist Research

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This volume presents accounts of research work undertaken by sociologists who have been influenced by feminism or the feminist critique of sociology, or both.

Measuring Racial Discrimination

Panel on Methods for Assessing Discrimination, National Research Council

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Many racial and ethnic groups in the United States, including blacks, Hispanics, Asians, American Indians, and others, have historically faced severe discrimination - pervasive and open denial of civil, social, political, educational, and economic opportunities. Today, large differences among racial and ethnic groups continue to exist in employment, income and wealth, housing, education, criminal justice, health, and other areas. While many factors may contribute to such differences, their size and extent suggest that various forms of discriminatory treatment persist in U.S. society and serve to undercut the achievement of equal opportunity. "Measuring Racial Discrimination" considers the definition of race and racial discrimination, reviews the existing techniques used to measure racial discrimination, and identifies new tools and areas for future research. The book conducts a thorough evaluation of current methodologies for a wide range of circumstances in which racial discrimination may occur, and makes recommendations on how to better assess the presence and effects of discrimination.

Social Research and the Practicing Professions "by Robert K. Merton"

Thomas F. Gieryn

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Originally published by Abt Books in 1982, this three-part collection of essays taps the seminal thinking of Robert Merton, one of America's foremost sociologists, a social theorist whose work has long had what are described as 'potentials of relevance' for diverse domains of practice. This book examines the interplay between social research and social policy with a focus on the practicing professions | medicine and its allied disciplines, the law, social services, and the clergy. Aimed at members of the practicing professions, sociologists, economists and makers of policy.

Constructing Knowledge: Authority and Critique in Social Science (Inquiries in Social Construction series)

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Throughout the social sciences, traditional certainties about the nature of knowledge and the `scientific project' have been subjected to critique. This book examines the implications of that critique from the perspective of anthropology.

The authors explore key debates within anthropology about the role and legitimacy of the social scientist in constructing knowledge about others. They point to the Western ethnocentrism inherent in concepts such as culture and show how the subjects of anthropological study have often represented an exotic `other' through which to confirm or comment on the Western `self'. Constructions of `self', `other' and `difference' in social science research have frequently served to reproduce, rather than redress, race, gender and other inequalities.

The book also considers the tensions and paradoxes posed by postmodernist perspectives. It illuminates the related dilemmas - of possibility or paralysis - inherent in attempts to sustain a stance of reflexive self-critique.

Constructing Knowledge addresses themes at the centre of current developments in the social and human sciences. It will be essential reading not only within anthropology but for all those concerned with the theory and practice of social science research.

Using Grounded Theory In Nursing

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Univ. of Victoria, B.C., Canada. Offers a broad coverage of the methods, background, philosophy, and new directions for use of grounded theory in nursing. Explains why grounded theory can be the research method of choice for nurses seeking to understand how people cope with potential or existing health challenges. DNLM: Nursing Research--methods.

After the Wall: Family Adaptations in East and West Germany (New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development)

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Anthony Giddens: Critical Assessment (Critical Assessments of Leading Sociologists)

C. Bryant

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a collection of outstanding articles on Anthony Giddens 5 out of 5 stars.
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This is a collection of outstanding articles on Anthony Giddens. Like other collections of this kind, large proportion of the articles is reprinting of already published ones on a variety of journals. But some are taken from several books and some unpublished materials are included. All amount to hefty number of 93.
With those materials, you could grasp how Giddens is evaluated and assessed in circle of his colleague. If you want to be oriented to Giddens¡¯ framework, this is not the right one. But if you want to build your own opinion about Giddens, this is definitely ready to lend a hand. Various writers attempt to dissect Giddens¡¯ grand fabric to hit upon the weakness and develop alternatives.
This book is divided into eight sections:
1. Career and work
2. Influence of other writers like French structuralists and German hermeneutic school
3. Giddens¡¯ epistemology in the view of philosophy of science.
4. Structuration theory
5. Time-space in structuration theory
6. Theory on nation-state
7. theory on modernity
8. extensions and application of structuration theory

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This set gathers together carefully chosen secondary articles which bring out the scope of Giddens' work and demonstrate its importance for contemporary sociology.

The Art and Science of Child Care: Research, Policy and Practice in the European Union

Matthew Colton, Walter Hellinckx

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This is a study of the art and science of child care as it is carried out in the European Union. It covers policy making and research, the behaviour and attainment of children in care, and the effectiveness of various types of child care, both residential and non-residential.