Kai Erickson

Sociological Visions

With Essays from Leading Thinkers of our Time

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Sociological Visions brings together a remarkable set of essays written by some of today's most influential figures, including William Julius Wilson, Daniel Bell, Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Jeane Bethke Elshtain, Charles Tilly, Robert K. Merton, Vivian Zelizer and many others. Each essay details the authors vision of the social problems and forces that shape our times and how these can be addressed by scientific inquiry or appropriate policy assessment.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. August 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 509g
• ISBN-13: 9780847685097
• ISBN-10: 0847685098
• Artikelnr.: 21858205

Autorenporträt

By Kai Erickson - Contributions by Daniel Bell; Paul DiMaggio; Denis Donoghue; Jean Bethke Elshtain; Kai Erikson; Gerald Holton; Michael Katz; Ira Katznelson; Robert K. Merton; Daniel Patrick Moynihan; Neil J. Smelser; Charles Tilly; Margaret Weir; Willia

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Part I. Prologue Chapter 2 Sociology as a Perspective Part 3 Part
II. Sociology as Art and Science Chapter 4 Sociology as Science, Humanism,
and Art Chapter 5 The Two Faces of Social Science Chapter 6 Disciplined
Artfulness and the Human Sciences Chapter 7 History and Sociological
Imagining Chapter 8 The Many Enchantments of Money Chapter 9 Sociology and
History: Terms of Endearment? Chapter 10 Social Science: An Imperfect Art
Part 11 Part III. Sociology and Public Policy Chapter 12 Toward a Broader
Vision of Inner-City Poverty Chapter 13 Race, Localism, and Urban Poverty
Chapter 14 Inner-City as Place Chapter 15 Social Science and Social Policy:
A Case Study of Overreaching Chapter 16 Epilogue: Sociology as a Discipline
Chapter 17 Introduction Chapter 18 De-gendering "Man of Science": The
Genesis and Epicene Character of the Word Scientist Chapter 19 On the Moral
Authority of Science Chapter 20 Strange Relation Chapter 21 A Life of
Learning