National Traditions in Sociology

Name: National Traditions in Sociology
Brand: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
SKU: 9780803981973
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Edited by Nikolai B. Genov
Imprint: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
Release Date: September 15, 2005
Format: HARDBACK
Pages: 256

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The history of sociology -- outside of accounts of the thought and influence of such founding figures as Marx, Durkheim and Weber -- remains relatively little examined. With an increasing emphasis on the globalization of research and knowledge, there is a growing need for scholars to understand the context of disciplinary development in other countries. In this book an international team of authors consider the nature of sociology and its development in a range of countries. Concentrating on the period since 1945, they show how the intellectual and institutional history of sociology has varied widely. Key differences in the nature of sociology -- the stress on quantitative methods in American sociology, the growing influence of social philosophy on British and other Western European works, and the specific features of the discipline in the socialist and in the developing countries -- are exposed and assessed. The book will be essential reading for scholars in the history and theory of sociology and for all those interested in the comparative understanding of social scientific research.

National Sociological Traditions and Internationalization of Sociology - Nikolai Genov Australian Sociology and Its Historical Environment - Diane Austin-Broos Canadian Sociology on the World Scene - David Millett The Development of Sociology in Columbia - Gonzalo Catano and Gabriel Restrepo The Development of Sociology in France after 1945 - Alain Drouard Sociology in the German Democratic Republic - Rudi Weidig Sociology in the Federal Republic of Germany - Johannes Weiss Tradition, Modernization, and Sociology (The Case of Hungary) - Kalman Kulcsar Indian Sociology or Sociology in India? - Ramkrishna Mukherjee Building National Sociological Tradition in an African Subregion - Akinsola Akiwowo Traditions and Specific Features of Sociology in the USSR - Vilen Ivanov and Gennadi Osipov Sociology in Britain after World War II - Martin Albrow American Sociology - Jonathan H Turner Its Growth and Contemporary Profile

`these essays, well written and carefully documented are both interesting and intriguing.... Offers a a marvelous opportunity to discover how one's colleagues in other countries approach sociology.' - Choice `Each essay in the book exposes the reader to the specific flavour of sociology practised in one or another state society, what the book achieves as a whole goes far beyond the intents of particular pieces. First, the book unfolds that sociology as a discipline shares a set of concepts, theories and methodologies irrespective of the character of the locale in which it is practised. Second, the book helps one, to identify the pre-requisities which fosters sociology as a creative discipline - cultural pluralism, political freedom and committment to analyze the problems of one's society' - Sociological Bulletin

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