Howard S. Becker

Sociological Work

Method and Substance

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Howard S. Becker is a leading contemporary sociologist who interprets society as collective action and sociology, therefore, as the study of collective action. This volume explores the theory and methods necessary to study collective action and social interaction. Becker includes most of his work on theory and method that has not previously appeared in book form. It reflects his unique way of thinking about and studying society. The first part of the book treats methodological problems as problems of social interaction and lists a series of research problems requiring analytic attention. The second part illustrates Becker's approach through full reports on two of his major research projects. Four theoretical statements on how people change comprise the third part, and the fourth part includes important contributions to the study of deviance. These essays illustrate the need to study deviance as part of the general study of society, not as an isolated specialty. Sociological Work is an important statement of the distinctive theoretical and methodological views associated with the Chicago School of Sociology; it shows a deep concern with the first-hand study of processes and human consequences of collective action and interaction. This illuminating volume is an engaging introduction to some of the issues of importance to sociologists and those interested in the studies of collective action and deviance, and it is well adapted to use in courses in these areas.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 370
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Januar 1976
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 536g
• ISBN-13: 9780878556304
• ISBN-10: 0878556303
• Artikelnr.: 26183489

Autorenporträt

Fanny Ginor

Inhaltsangabe

PREFACE PART I PROBLEMS OF SOCIOLOGICAL METHOD 1 On Methodology 2 Problems
of Inference and Proof in Participant Observation 3 Field Work Evidence 4
The Life History and the Scientific Mosaic 5 Social Observation and Social
Case Studies 6 The Nature of a Profession 7 Problems in the Publication of
Field Studies 8 Whose Side Are We On? PART II EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND
EXPERIENCES 9 Social-Class Variations in the Teacher-Pupil Relationship 10
The Teacher in the Authority System of the Public School 11 The Career of
the Chicago Public School Teacher 12 The Elements of Identification with an
Occupation (with James Carper) 13 The Development of Identification with an
Occupation (with James Carper) 14 Adjustment of Conflicting Expectations in
the Development of Identification with an Occupation (with James Carper) 15
Schools and Systems of Social Status 16 Noncollege Youth PART III THE
PROCESSES OF PERSONAL CHANGE 17 Careers, Personality and Adult
Socialization (with Anselm L. Strauss) 18 Notes on the Concept of
Commitment 19 Personal Change in Adult Life 20 The Self and Adult
Socialization PART IV DEVIANCE 21 History, Culture and Subjective
Experience: An Exploration of the Social Bases of Drug-Induced Experiences
22 Conventional Crime: Rationalizations and Punishment 23 Deviance and
Deviates INDEX