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.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13
9780521711364
eBay Product ID (ePID)
108648418
Product Key Features
Author
John Scott
Publication Name
Conceptualising the Social World: Principles of Sociological Analysis
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Sociology
Publication Year
2011
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
344 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
228mm
Item Width
152mm
Item Weight
540g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
John Scott
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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