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In this interview, Jeffrey C. Alexander describes the development of cultural sociology, the importance of collaborative work, and the inspiration he takes from his political action, and from the art and humanities. The interview focuses primarily on civil sphere theory (CST), and Alexander's goal in moving towards Durkheimian and away from Parsonian conceptions of solidarity. Alexander addresses common misunderstandings and critiques of CST, describes the current project of the internationalization of CST, and applies the theory to the present crisis of a global pandemic and the social movement of Black Lives Matter. Finally, Alexander reflects upon life in the academic world and the importance of not only analyzing meaning as a cultural sociologist but also working with meaningful projects in order to not be alienated. Alexander was invited keynote speaker at the Sociologidagarna in March in Stockholm 2020, but due to the Corona pandemic the conference was cancelled. This interview took place through Zoom in three different locations (Stockholm, New Haven, and Coventry, Connecticut) on 22 June 2020. ; Sociologisk Forsknings digitala arkiv

'Enabling Social Europe' examines how the paradigm of the 'enabling welfare state' might offer a new perspective for European social policy in the decades to come. The 'enabling' concept is perceived as going beyond that of mere 'activation', thus also embracing policies aimed at increasing personal autonomy, individual responsibility and social inclusion by endowing individuals with the resources and capabilities needed to manage and balance their life courses in a better way.The study is distinguished by a unique collaboration of social and economic policy experts coming from a wide range of disciplines: economics, law, sociology, political science, and philosophy. The authors seek to shed new light on whether European social policy ought to play a role in the future and, if so, what sort of role that could be. They convincingly argue that despite an implicit normative consensus on the 'European social model', there is still room for a multifaceted world in which welfare regimes can maintain their own path-dependent ways of achieving a fair and just society with a high level of welfare for all.The empirical part of the book contains an appraisal of policies and reforms with a view to the 'enabling welfare state' approach in four important policy areas: health care, old-age security, family policy, and poverty prevention. Within each sector, the authors compare the policies and practices of two countries attributable to different regime types: Germany and the United Kingdom, Poland and Germany, Finland and Estonia, and Belgium and Denmark.This book is highly recommendable not only for scholars and policymakers active in this field, but also for students of welfare and labour economics, sociology, social policy, political science and law.

Different sub–disciplines of the social sciences analyse the evolution and diffusion of technical innovations from an institutional perspective. Important contributions are provided by socio–economic studies of national systems of innovation, by politico–economic research on the varieties of capitalism, and by the sociology of technology. These studies often start from rather simple distinctions between types of technical innovations (e.g., radical versus incremental) which they usually do not elaborate on. Such "black–boxing" of technology by and large facilitates detecting generalizable relations between institutional constellations and technical innovations. But a more sophisticated analysis of the relationship between institutions and technical innovations needs more precise concepts of both technology and institutions, and it must dismiss the prevailing institutional determinism. Processes of technical and institutional innovations are characterised by co–evolution, interaction and mutual adjustment.

Das International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) ist ein länderübergreifendes, fortlaufendes Umfrageprogramm, das jährlich Erhebungen zu Themen durchführt, die für die Sozialwissenschaften wichtig sind. Das Programm begann 1984 mit vier Gründungsmitgliedern - Australien, Deutschland, Großbritannien und den Vereinigten Staaten - und ist inzwischen auf fast 50 Mitgliedsländer aus aller Welt angewachsen. Da die Umfragen auf Replikationen ausgelegt sind, können die Daten sowohl für länder- als auch für zeitübergreifende Vergleiche genutzt werden. Jedes ISSP-Modul konzentriert sich auf ein bestimmtes Thema, das in regelmäßigen Zeitabständen wiederholt wird. Details zur Durchführung der nationalen ISSP-Umfragen entnehmen Sie bitte der Dokumentation. Die vorliegende Studie konzentriert sich auf Fragen zu Umwelt, Klimawandel und Umweltschutz.

In the context of the communal relationships in Belgium, the evocation of the causes of the past is a common place in the analysis of the tensions and conflicts that mark out these relations. The adoption of a framework of analysis of path dependence elaborated in the field of historical sociology allows to test and precise the affirmation that Belgian past shapes the conflictual present. The recourse to this theoretical and methodological scaffold is intended to explain, by following the evolution of a historical trajectory initiated at the end of the nineteenth century, the regular conflicts and the model of increasing autonomy that characterize Belgian political scene. Adapted from the source document.

The aim of this chapter is to discuss the possibilities of a critical realist sociology of law set against the background of the work of Professor Karsten Åström. Thus, in the next section I give a short description of Åström's "sociolegal stance", and specifically his concept of parallel norm creating processes. I then proceed, in the third section, to describe the basics of Roy Bhaskar's critical realism as a philosophy of science. This is followed in the fourth section by the recapitulation of Bhaskar's own dialectical critical realism (DCR), which is built on the dialectics of Hegel and Marx. In section five, I move on to the legal theory of the critical realist law professor Alan Norrie with a focus on Norrie's critique of "liberal law". Thereafter, in section six, I specifically highlight Norrie's call for a sociology of law in the spirit of DCR, beyond legal positivist and poststructuralist conceptions of law. Then, in section seven, I discuss the potential critical realism of Åström's work by reflecting on the analysis model of legal regulation (AMLR), applied in analyses of legal norms, e.g., in social service agencies. This is followed by how conceiving of AMLR dialectically may enable new ways for understanding social conflicts and social change in the field of social welfare. This is, in the final section, demonstrated by the case of EU migrants residing legally in Sweden but without the right to social welfare. In this case, an external social institution, an NGO, succeeded to influence, open up and ultimately collaborate with the local public administration, resulting in new policy with the potential to improve the living conditions for the migrants.

1 Introduction. Living Research one: why are we doing this? Public sociology and public life -- 2. Permeable borders, performative politics and public mistrust -- Living Research two: emotions and research -- 3. Immigration and the limits of statistical government -- Living Research three: Migration research and the media -- 4. Spaces and places of governance and resistance -- Living Research four: ethics in uncomfortable research situations -- 5. Un/deserving migrants and resisting dehumanisation -- Living Research five: public anger in research (and social media) -- 6 Conclusion: 'ordinary' people and immigration politics -- Living Research six: collaborations -- Afterword by Kiri Kankhwende -- Appendix: further details on research methods -- Index.

http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/17465680610669807 ; International audience ; Purpose: The purpose of this study was to sort out what was at stake in the fierce debates that raged after 1995 among Lebanese accountants about the conditions of membership to their new association. Approach and methodology: It fits within the recent development of the sociology of professions. But because of the specific nature of accountants expertise, it is also concerned with broader societal issues and socio-political negotiation of interests, which underlie professional battles. Lastly, to understand what is at stake today, we had to take into accounts past legacies, struggles and competitions. Findings: Before the creation of the LACPA in 1995, there was no unified accounting profession in Lebanon. Two bodies represented two types of work and practise (small offices doing mainly accountancy and fiscal consulting and service v. Anglo-Saxon oriented and English speaking audit and accountancy practises). After 1995, although the new body welcome OECF's advices, it could not adopt its principles. The absence of a high level degree in accountancy (comparable to DESCF), the diversity of academic trainings, made it necessary for LACPA to have its own certification exam. But conflicting Anglo-Saxon and French legacies will soon be absorbed in global change where economic governance is now submitted to the hegemony of financial markets. Research limitations: The Lebanese case also reveals specific dimensions. The professional field is structured by overlapping conflicts of interest and power struggles which are simultaneously professional, social, cultural, political. Value of the paper: It gives new insights to the accoutancy profession in a non-industrial country, and has interesting theoretical implications for the sociology of professions and for political economy.

http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/17465680610669807 ; International audience ; Purpose: The purpose of this study was to sort out what was at stake in the fierce debates that raged after 1995 among Lebanese accountants about the conditions of membership to their new association. Approach and methodology: It fits within the recent development of the sociology of professions. But because of the specific nature of accountants expertise, it is also concerned with broader societal issues and socio-political negotiation of interests, which underlie professional battles. Lastly, to understand what is at stake today, we had to take into accounts past legacies, struggles and competitions. Findings: Before the creation of the LACPA in 1995, there was no unified accounting profession in Lebanon. Two bodies represented two types of work and practise (small offices doing mainly accountancy and fiscal consulting and service v. Anglo-Saxon oriented and English speaking audit and accountancy practises). After 1995, although the new body welcome OECF's advices, it could not adopt its principles. The absence of a high level degree in accountancy (comparable to DESCF), the diversity of academic trainings, made it necessary for LACPA to have its own certification exam. But conflicting Anglo-Saxon and French legacies will soon be absorbed in global change where economic governance is now submitted to the hegemony of financial markets. Research limitations: The Lebanese case also reveals specific dimensions. The professional field is structured by overlapping conflicts of interest and power struggles which are simultaneously professional, social, cultural, political. Value of the paper: It gives new insights to the accoutancy profession in a non-industrial country, and has interesting theoretical implications for the sociology of professions and for political economy.

This volume asks, what is it like to be a child in a country where 25% of the population is under the age of 14? Handling this question through a multidisciplinary lens, the book provides a rich and diverse analysis of different portrayals of childhood in Turkey. From children's rights to transformation of childhood, from refugee children to host country children living in armed conflict areas, from cultural factors to gene-environment interaction, from parent-focused to child-focused programs, readers will find in-depth and up-to-date information about children living in Turkey from the perspectives of sociology, education, and psychology sciences

The editor of this book on sociologist Joseph B. Maier provides an overview of his life & work from his birth in 1911 & early education in Leipzig, Germany, migration to the US in 1933 & attainment of his PhD, association with the Frankfurt school, teaching positions, government work during WWII & the Nuremberg trials, & career as chair of the Sociology Dept at Rutgers U (Newark, NJ) from 1960 till his retirement in 1980. Both his personal & academic life histories are discussed within the context of the Holocaust & Maier's experiences as a German-Jewish refugee in New York City, noting his lifelong feelings for the German Bildung (cultural tradition). 1 Photograph. K. Hyatt Stewart

Given that the topic proposed by this paper is widely debated by both the sociology of education and the management of the classroom, as disciplinary branches of education, this is a synthetic approach from both disciplinary perspectives of the types of relationships and interactions which are outlined in the educational institutions and in the educational environment. Considering the context of the multiple challenges and socio-political changes to which the Romanian education system has had to adapt, in the recent decades, it is found that the interpersonal relationships and interactions established between educational actors are true "sources" and "resources" that ensure its functionality.

The first part of this article outlines a dilemma in cultural studies and sociology of culture regarding the politics of aesthetics. This concerns whether discourse about the evaluation of symbolic forms serves to reinforce power relations and maintain divisions between people and communities, or whether evaluation can serve as a basis for greater commonality. One way of at least beginning to address this issue is to attend to the 'everyday aesthetics' of media audiences, exemplified here in the ordinary evaluative discourse of music users. The second part of the article reports on interview research about musical tastes and values. It analyses these interviews for evidence of the ways in which evaluative statements might involve making connections with others, or alternatively how they may act as barriers to social connectivity or community. How and to what extent might ordinary musical evaluation be thought of as part of potential aesthetic public spheres?

"Religion as Poetry continues in the grand tradition of the sociology of religion pioneered by Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, and Talcott Parsons, among other giants in intellectual history. Too many present-day sociologists either ignore or disparage religious currents. In this provocative book, Andrew M. Greeley argues that various religions have endured for thousands of years as poetic rituals and stories. Religion as Poetry proposes a theoretical framework for understanding religion that emphasizes insights derived from religious stories. By virtue of his own rare abilities as a novelist as well as sociologist, Greeley is uniquely qualified for this task." "Greeley first considers classical theories of the sociology of religion, and then, drawing upon them, he explicates his own interpretation. He critically examines the viewpoint that society is becoming more secular, and that religion is declining. He observes that this theory stands in the way of persuading sociologists that religion is still worth studying. In contrast, Greeley is interested in why religions persist despite secular trends and alongside them. He argues that it is poetic elements that touch the human soul. Greeley then sets out to test this viewpoint." "Greeley maintains that his theory is not the only, or necessarily even the best approach to study religion. Rather, it is his contention that it uniquely provides sociologists with perspectives on religion that other theories too often overlook or disregard. Religion as Poetry, an original and intriguing study by a distinguished social scientist and major novelist, will be enjoyed and evaluated by sociologists, theologians, and philosophers alike."--Jacket

This widely acclaimed book, first published in 1974, was a classic from its first day in print. Written in a direct, inviting way by Harry Braverman, whose years as an industrial worker gave him rich personal insight into work, Labor and Monopoly Capital overturned the reigning ideologies of academic sociology. This new edition features an introduction by John Bellamy Foster that sets the work in historical and theoretical context, as well as two rare articles by Braverman, ""The Degradation of Work in the Twentieth Century"" (1975) and ""Two Comments"" (1976), that add much to our understandi.