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What Has Sociology Achieved?

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  • © 1990

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Editors:
  1. Christopher G. A. Bryant

    1. University of Salford, UK

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  2. Henk A. Becker

    1. Rijksuniversiteit te Utrecht, Netherlands

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • Christopher G. A. Bryant, Henk A. Becker
    Pages 1-7

  3. Achievement in the Analytical Tradition in Sociology

    • Henk A. Becker
    Pages 8-30

  4. From Cognitive Style to Substantive Content: Programmatics and Pragmatics in the Development of Sociological Knowledge

    • Robin Williams
    Pages 31-53

  5. The Sociological Study of History: Institutions and Social Development

    • Stephen Mennell
    Pages 54-68

  6. Tales of Innocence and Experience: Developments in Sociological Theory since 1950

    • Christopher G. A. Bryant
    Pages 69-93

  7. Methodological Achievements in Sociology Over the Past Few Decades with Special Reference to the Interplay of Quantitative and Qualitative Methods

    • Peter Abell
    Pages 94-116

  8. Successful Applications of Sociology

    • Martin Bulmer
    Pages 117-142

  9. Sociology in America

    • Nicholas C. Mullins
    Pages 143-156

  10. Sociology in Britain: A Going Concern

    • John Eldridge
    Pages 157-178

  11. What Has Sociology Achieved? The French Paradox

    • Philippe Bernoux
    Pages 179-203

  12. Sociology in Germany: Institutional Development and Paradigmatic Structure

    • Ansgar Weymann
    Pages 204-220

  13. What Dutch Sociology Has Achieved

    • Leo Laeyendecker
    Pages 221-237

  14. Strategies for Future Achievement in Sociology

    • Wil A. Arts, Henk A. Becker
    Pages 238-247

  15. Conclusions

    • Henk A. Becker, Christopher G. A. Bryant
    Pages 248-258

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 259-270
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In an age when continued financial and other support for teaching and research in sociology cannot be taken for granted, sociologists have been surprisingly slow to provide a clear statement of the achievements of sociology in the western world since 1950. What Has Sociology Achieved? does this by assembling twelve essays specially commissioned from distinguished authors, to which the editors add an introduction setting out the issues and a concluding chapter which draws together recurrent themes.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Salford, UK

    Christopher G. A. Bryant

  • Rijksuniversiteit te Utrecht, Netherlands

    Henk A. Becker

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