In the last decade of this century, sociology has grown into a major contributor to public debate and social policy. After a period of introspection and uncertainty, sociologists are becoming more self-confident about their subject's potential to influence events in the world at large. Here a collection of well known sociologists debate what this means for the way sociology is professionally practised in areas as diverse as regulating medicine, combating racism, managing manufacturing, evaluating wealth and poverty, and structuring education. The issues and opportunities they identify will...
In the last decade of this century, sociology has grown into a major contributor to public debate and social policy. After a period of introspection a...
This volume draws together an impressive series of papers that explore enduring and new problems in the construction and analysis of British social policy. Critical but accessible, the various chapters cover methodological issues and the nature of competing claims about social policy 'knowledge', racism and health services, citizenship and access to housing and other amenities, and the importance of the environment as an emerging area for social policy debate.
This volume draws together an impressive series of papers that explore enduring and new problems in the construction and analysis of British social po...
This collection of papers from the 1993 BSA Research Imaginations' conference explores the interpenetration of the public and private spheres. The book comprises two sections, one dealing with aspects of employment and finance, the other with domesticity and intimacy. Topics covered include the changing emotional geography of workplace and home, the gendering of aspects of employment and organisation, marital finance and gendered inheritance, the management of food and domestic labour, researching the emotions, and understanding intimate violence.
This collection of papers from the 1993 BSA Research Imaginations' conference explores the interpenetration of the public and private spheres. The boo...
The British Sociological Association held a conference on the theme "Sociology and History." In 1964, E.H. Carr had called for an open frontier between the disciplines. This book examines the traffic across this frontier and in particular, what might be called the sociological uses of history.
The British Sociological Association held a conference on the theme "Sociology and History." In 1964, E.H. Carr had called for an open frontier betwee...
An edited collection of chapters detailing research on modern family and household living arrangements, mainly in Britain but also with reference to Germany. The book discusses changes in the care for the elderly, lone parents, and how households divide domestic labour and paid employment.
An edited collection of chapters detailing research on modern family and household living arrangements, mainly in Britain but also with reference to G...
