UID:
almahu_9949702534602882
Format:
1 online resource (320 pages)
ISBN:
9789004314207
Series Statement:
Studies in critical social sciences ; v. 118
Content:
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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Front Matter --
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Contents --
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Preface --
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Conceptual Constructionism: An Introduction /
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Chapter 2: On the Near Disappearance of Concepts in Mainstream Sociology /
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Methodological Programs and Applications --
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Chapter 3: What Do We Do with Norms-Conform, Break, Understand or Explain? /
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Chapter 4: Colligation /
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Chapter 5: Sensitizing Concepts in Action: Expanding the Framework /
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Culture, Nature and Consumption --
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Chapter 6: Culture as a Sociological Concept /
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Chapter 7: Bringing Nature Back In /
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Chapter 8: The Study of Consumption in Sociology-Beyond Utility Theory /
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Social Structure, Organizations and Institutions --
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Chapter 9: Social Structure /
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Chapter 10: The Organization of Action /
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Chapter 11: About Actors: An Institutional Perspective /
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Chapter 12: The Family and Interwoven Concepts /
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Chapter 13: Collective Action: Why is it so Difficult for the Social Sciences to Grasp the Rational Aspects of Collective Action? /
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Class, Gender, Race and Social Recognition --
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Chapter 14: The Status of the Political in the Concept of Class Structure /
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Chapter 15: Gender as Analytic, Political and Interdisciplinary Concept /
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Chapter 16: Race: A Contested and Travelling Concept /
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Chapter 17: Recognition: Conceptualization and Context /
Additional Edition:
Print version: Concepts in Action: Conceptual Constructionism Leiden, Boston : BRILL, 2018, ISBN 9789004314191
Language:
English
