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Toward a sociological imagination : bridging specialized fields / edited by Bernard Phillips, Harold Kincaid, Thomas J. Scheff.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sociology--Methodology--Congresses.
- Sociology.
- Sociology--Methodology.
- Science--Methodology--Congresses.
- Science.
- Science--Methodology.
- Social sciences--Philosophy--Congresses.
- Social sciences.
- Social sciences--Philosophy.
- Social sciences--Methodology--Congresses.
- Social sciences--Methodology.
- Social problems--Congresses.
- Social problems.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 305 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, [2002]
- Summary:
- Toward A Sociological Imagination builds on the ideas C. Wright Mills expressed in The Sociological Imagination for an approach to the scientific method broad enough to open up to the full range of knowledge within the sociology discipline. In this book, nine sociologists and one philosopher provide detailed tests of the utility of the approach within diverse substantive sociological areas.
- Notes:
- "This volume collects revisons of papers given by 'the sociological imagination group' at evening sessions of its research conference simultaneous with the meetings of the American Sociological Association in August, 2000. It also includes several other papers"--P. vi.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0761823425
- OCLC:
- 49936161
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