Social cooperatives, social welfare associations and social networks
In: Review of social economy: the journal for the Association for Social Economics, Band 75, Heft 2, S. 212-230
ISSN: 1470-1162
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In: Review of social economy: the journal for the Association for Social Economics, Band 75, Heft 2, S. 212-230
ISSN: 1470-1162
Sociology has tackled some of the most formidable problems that confront contemporary society: inequality, homelessness, violence, gender, and many more. Sociologists assert that hypotheses can be formulated and tested against empirical evidence, that faulty viewpoints can be uncovered and discarded, and that plausible theory can be distinguished from mere ideology. This collection was written over a span of forty-four years and is presented in the belief that sociology is a science. In Social Problems, Social Issues, Social Science, James D. Wright presents his research on some of the social issues that have most vexed America: homelessness, addiction, divorce, minimum wage, and gun control, among others. Starting with essays first published in the flagship journal Society, Wright offers readers a foundational look at specific social problems and the methods sociologists have used to study them. He then provides an up-to-date reexamination of each issue, analyzing the changes that have occurred over time and how sociologists have responded to it. This book is both a retrospective on the field and on one scholar?s life and work. Using his own experience in researching and writing about America?s most trenchant social issues, Wright describes the evolution of the methods and theory used by social scientists to understand and, ultimately, to confront America?s most troublesome social problems. -- Publisher description.
In: Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory
In: Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory Ser.
The programmes of political parties and movements are attempts to formulate policies or guidelines in relation to social change. Social philosophy concerns the fundamental issues on which those programmes divide. This introductory work gives an account of several highly influential systems of social philosophy - systems which serve as the landmarks by reference to which modern discussions still orientate themselves. The description of various stages in the history of social philosophy is set within an account of its changing social environment - from feudalism and the philosophy of Aquinas to
In: Social research: an international quarterly, Band 37, Heft 1, S. 48-70
ISSN: 0037-783X
In: Critical Education Practice
In 1932 George Counts, in his speech ""Dare the School Build a New Social Order?"" explicitly challenged teachers to develop a democratic, socialistic society. In Democratic Social Education: Social Studies for Social Change Drs. Hursh and Ross take seriously the question of what social studies educators can do to help build a democratic society in the face of current antidemocratic impulses of greed, individualism and intolerance. The essays in this book respond to Counts' question in theoretical analyses of education and society, historical analyses of efforts since Counts' challenge, and pr
In: Alternativas: cuadernos de trabajo social, Heft 2, S. 295
ISSN: 1989-9971
In: SUNY series in deviance and social control
In: Warsaw studies in philosophy and social sciences volume 7
In: Social policy and society: SPS ; a journal of the Social Policy Association, Band 2, Heft 4, S. 261-272
ISSN: 1475-3073
Social policy in the European Union has developed rapidly in recent years, following the 2000 Lisbon Summit and the subsequent adoption of National Action Plans on Social Inclusion and a set of common social indicators for all Member States. This paper describes European initiatives and examines the role played by social science research in these developments. It refers specifically to the role of theory and conceptual analysis, to the availability and quality of data, and to policy modelling. It draws lessons from the experience of European social policy for the relationship between research and policy formation.
chapter 1 Public Opinion and the War in Vietnam -- chapter 2 America's Homeless -- chapter 3 The Minimum Wage -- chapter 4 Popular Science and Social Science -- chapter 5 Guns in America -- chapter 6 Handsome Guys Don't Commit Crimes -- chapter 7 America's Divorce Problem -- chapter 8 Small Towns in Mass Society -- chapter 9 Sober Up, Take a Shower, Get a Job -- chapter 10 Food, Glorious Food -- chapter 11 Social Science in Review.
In: Prentice-Hall series in sociology
Chapter 1: The sociological study of conflict, social movements, and collective behavior -- Chapter 2: Sources of social conflict -- Chapter 3: Crises of national unity in new states: origins of the Nigerian Civil War -- Chapter 4: Mobilization: the formation of conflict groups -- Chapter 5: Mobilization: participation in opposition movements, leaders and activists, opposition ideas -- Chapter 6: Mobilization, leaders, and followers in the Civil Rights movement in the United States, 1950 to 1970 -- Chapter 7: Social control and conflict regulation -- Chapter 8: Confrontation -- Chapter 9: Group violence