Description
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 mainstream 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.
About the Author
Book Information
ISBN 9781608461578
Author Peter Sohlberg
Format Paperback
Page Count 330
Imprint Haymarket Books
Publisher Haymarket Books
About the Author
Hakon 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.
Book Information
ISBN 9781608461578
Author Peter Sohlberg
Format Paperback
Page Count 330
Imprint Haymarket Books
Publisher Haymarket Books
