Sociologists in a Global Age (eBook, PDF)

Biographical Perspectives
Redaktion: Deflem, Mathieu

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Sixteen leading international sociologists are brought together in this volume to share their experiences of becoming practitioners in the field. Selected for their comparative and transnational interests and experiences, the contributors include Martin Albrow, Karin Knorr Cetina, Diane E. Davis, Pierpaolo Donati, Leon Grunberg, Horst J. Helle, Eiko Ikegami, Tiankui Jing, Hyun-Chin Lim, Ewa Morawska, Richard Mÿnch, Saskia Sassen, Joachim J. Savelsberg, Piotr Sztompka, Edward A. Tiryakian and Ruut Veenhoven. Each contributor provides an auto-biographical review of their journey into the discipline, with special attention paid to the intellectual and social-political contexts in which their work matured. Each chapter concludes with a commentary on the anticipated future direction of that particular sociological area. These original and reflective contributions provide fascinating and rare insights into the careers of sociologists living in a global age.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317052999
• Artikelnr.: 44873654

Autorenporträt

Mathieu Deflem is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of South Carolina, USA. He is the author of Policing World Society (2002).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: sociologists in a global age
Mathieu Deflem; Part I Traversing Worlds: Unfinished work: the career of a European sociologist
Martin Albrow; Going global
Karin Knorr Cetina; Between worlds: marginalities
comparisons
sociology
Joachim J. Savelsberg; The urban is political: my journey from the Midwestern suburbs to the world's largest cities (and back?)
Diane E. Davies; Going digging in the shadow of master categories
Saskia Sassen. Part II Evolving Works: Sociology a passion and profession
Richard MA nch; The making and remaking of a sociologist
Ewa Morawska; A serendipitous career
Leon Grunberg; Towards a more democratic and just society: an experience of a sociologist from Korea
Hyun-Chin Lim; Building a relational theory of society: a sociological jorney
Pierpaolo Donati; For a better quality of life
Ruut Veenhoven. Part III (Trans)forming Selves: Coming in from the cold: my road from socialism to sociology
Piotr Sztompka; My sociological practices and commuting identities
Eiko Ikegami; A journey into sociology
Horst J. Helle; My efforts to explore the secrets of Chinese development
Tiankui Jing; Have sociological passport
will travel
Edward A. Tiryakian; Index.