Gordon Marshall

In Praise of Sociology

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this lively and entertaining book, Gordon Marshall explores ten classic studies of British society to demonstrate the valuable qualities of British sociology, and its importance for understanding contemporary society. In each case he provides a precis of the research undertaken, assuming no prior knowledge on the part of the reader, a series of points that can be made in praise or criticism of the research, and an assessment of the sociological contribution made by the researchers. The ten studies chosen are: Goldthorpe on social mobility, Townsend on poverty, Rex and Moore on race and the inner city, the Affluent Worker project, Wallis on sectarianism, Jackson and Marsden on education and the working class, Brown and Harris on clinical depression among women, Cohen on deviance, Bott on families and social networks, and Burns and Stalker on management and new technology. An excellent introduction for the student to the concerns and values of sociology, this book gives a powerful statement of the achievements of post-war British sociologists, and a manifesto for good sociology in the 1990s.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Mai 1990
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 521g
• ISBN-13: 9780044456872
• ISBN-10: 0044456875
• Artikelnr.: 21050327

Autorenporträt

Official Fellow Professor Gordon Marshall (University of Oxford Nuffield College,

Inhaltsangabe

The theme
social class and social mobility
education and culture
poverty in an affluent society
managing the new technology
workers and their wages
race and housing in the inner city
the rise and fall of the mods
sociologists and scientologists
on the social origins of clinical depression
families and social networks - a conclusion.