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The third volume on theoretical driven methodology in the social sciences, again edited by Håkon Leiulfsrud and Peter Sohlberg, explains how to identify sociological research objects, and the art of living theory. Theoretical concepts such as social structure, the Global South, social bonds, organisations and management are explore and developed by a broad range of authors. The methodological chapters, including critical notes on sociology and uses of statistics, the value of thought experiments in sociology, researching subjects in time and space, and an academic 'star war' between Pierre Bourdieu and Dorothy E. Smith are indispensible for researchers and students interested in theoretical construction work in the social sciences. Contributors are: Göran Ahrne, Michela Betta, Harriet Bjerrum Nielsen, Michael Burawoy, Raju Das, David Fasenfest, Raimund Hasse, Johs Hjellbrekke, Håkon Leiulfsrud, Emil A. Røyrvik, John Scott, Peter Sohlberg, Karin Widerberg and Richard Swedberg.

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Author:   Håkon Leiulfsrud ,  Peter Sohlberg
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   185
Weight:   0.554kg
ISBN:  

9789004351585

ISBN 10:   9004351582
Pages:   244
Publication Date:   06 May 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface List of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors 1 Introduction   Håkon Leiulfsrud and Peter Sohlberg 2 How Do You Establish the Research Object in Sociology?   Richard Swedberg 3 Historical Epistemology, Sociology, and Statistics   Johs Hjellbrekke 4 Constructing Social Structure   John Scott 5 Constructing the Conceptual Tools for the Global South   David Fasenfest and Raju J. Das 6 The Significance of Social Bonds   Göran Ahrne 7 Organisations as a Sociological Research Object  How Schools Reproduce Inequality   Raimund Hasse 8 Broken Promises and Lost Qualities  Constructing Management as a Research Object in Sociology and Anthropology   Emil André Røyrvik 9 On Thought Experiments in Sociology and the Power of Thinking   Michela Betta and Richard Swedberg 10 Constructing and Researching the Object in Time and Space   Harriet Bjerrum Nielsen 11 Academic Star Wars  Pierre Bourdieu and Dorothy E. Smith on Academic Work   Karin Widerberg 12 Living Theory  Reflections on Four Decades of Teaching Social Theory   Michael Burawoy 13 Postscript   Peter Sohlberg and Håkon Leiulfsrud Index

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Håkon Leiulfsrud, Ph.D. (1991), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), is Professor in Sociology at NTNU. He has published his work in the field of sociology with a special interest in social inequality, class and social stratification, labour market and welfare state issues. He has been teaching sociological theory, courses in social inequality and welfare state, and research methods in Trondheim since the mid 1990s. Peter Sohlberg, Ph.D. (1997), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), is Professor in Philosophy of Social Science and Sociology at NTNU. He has published his work in the fields of philosophy of science, sociology and social psychology. He has been teaching social theory and philosophy of social science since the early 1990´s in Uppsala, Stockholm and Trondheim. His most recent book is Functionalist construction work in social science. The lost heritage (Routledge, 2021).

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