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Rather than treating concepts and their application in a static and iconic manner,Concepts in Action provides us with examples of the active and creative use of concepts for constructing and generating new knowledge. Examples of theoretic constructions and topics discussed refers to the function of theory in main stream sociology; concepts enabling us to expand the range of interpretations; a critical view and approach to general concepts of culture, nature and consumption; concepts dealing with organization, institutions and actors; and examples of travelling concepts such as class, gender, race and social recognition. Concepts in Action follows on the earlier Theory in Action (2016) as part of a three volume project broadening our understanding of the interplay of theory and methods. The forthcoming third volume will focus on the strategy of constructing and analyzing the object in social science. This volume is highly relevant for researchers and students interested in theoretical construction in the social sciences. Contributors are: Göran Ahrne, Mette Andersson, Harriet Bjerrum Nielsen, Anne Britt Flemmen, Antje Gimmler, Willy Guneriussen, Roar Hagen, Raimund Hasse, Håkon Leiulfsrud, Willy Martinussen, John Scott, Peter Sohlberg, Pål Strandbakken, Richard Swedberg and Erik Olin Wright.

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Author:   Håkon Leiulfsrud ,  Peter Sohlberg
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   118
Weight:   0.671kg
ISBN:  

9789004314191

ISBN 10:   9004314199
Pages:   332
Publication Date:   16 November 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface List of Illustrations Notes on Contributors 1 Conceptual Constructionism: An Introduction  Peter Sohlberg and Håkon Leiulfsrud 2 On the Near Disappearance of Concepts in Mainstream Sociology  Richard Swedberg Part 1: Methodological Programs and Applications 3 What Do We Do with Norms—Conform, Break, Understand or Explain?  Peter Sohlberg 4 Colligation  Richard Swedberg 5 Sensitizing Concepts in Action: Expanding the Framework  Anne Britt Flemmen Part 2: Culture, Nature and Consumption 6 Culture as a Sociological Concept  Willy Martinussen 7 Bringing Nature Back In  Willy Guneriussen 8 The Study of Consumption in Sociology—Beyond Utility Theory  Pål Strandbakken Part 3: Social Structure, Organizations and Institutions 9 Social Structure  John Scott 10 The Organization of Action  Göran Ahrne 11 About Actors: An Institutional Perspective  Raimund Hasse 12 The Family and Interwoven Concepts  Håkon Leiulfsrud 13 Collective Action: Why is it so Difficult for the Social Sciences to Grasp the Rational Aspects of Collective Action?  Roar Hagen Part 4: Class, Gender, Race and Social Recognition 14 The Status of the Political in the Concept of Class Structure  Erik Olin Wright 15 Gender as Analytic, Political and Interdisciplinary Concept  Harriet Bjerrum Nielsen 16 Race: A Contested and Travelling Concept  Mette Andersson 17 Recognition: Conceptualization and Context  Antje Gimmler Index

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Håkon Leiulfsrud, Ph.D. (1991), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), is Professor in Sociology at that university. He has published widely with a special interest in social inequality, class and social stratification, labour market and welfare state issues, and teaches sociological theory, social inequality and the welfare state, and research methods. Peter Sohlberg, Ph.D. (1997), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), is Professor in Philosophy of Social Science at that university. He has published in a wide spectrum, covering philosophy of science, sociology and social psychology, and teaches social theory and philosophy of social science since the early 1990s.

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