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Readings in the Sociology of Science

Author: Barry Barnes,David Edge

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group

ISBN: 9780335100545

Category: Science

Page: 371

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Author: N.A

Publisher: Academica

ISBN: 9788776757007

Category: Engineering

Page: 502

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Author: Robert Burgess,Anne Murcott

Publisher: Routledge

ISBN: 1317875923

Category: Social Science

Page: 350

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Appropriate as a supplemental text to courses in Sociology. Providing an overview grounded in research. Developments in Sociology focuses on the major areas of theoretical, methodological and substantive developments in sociology. Each author takes a field of study in which they are an acknowledged expert and highlights the way in which the subject has developed over the last fifty years.

Author: Michael Martin,Lee C. McIntyre

Publisher: MIT Press

ISBN: 9780262631518

Category: Science

Page: 785

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the first comprehensive anthology in the philosophy of social science to appear since the late 1960s

AIDS, Activism, and the Politics of Knowledge

Author: Steven Epstein

Publisher: Univ of California Press

ISBN: 9780520921252

Category: Medical

Page: 480

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In the short, turbulent history of AIDS research and treatment, the boundaries between scientist insiders and lay outsiders have been crisscrossed to a degree never before seen in medical history. Steven Epstein's astute and readable investigation focuses on the critical question of "how certainty is constructed or deconstructed," leading us through the views of medical researchers, activists, policy makers, and others to discover how knowledge about AIDS emerges out of what he calls "credibility struggles." Epstein shows the extent to which AIDS research has been a social and political phenomenon and how the AIDS movement has transformed biomedical research practices through its capacity to garner credibility by novel strategies. Epstein finds that nonscientist AIDS activists have gained enough of a voice in the scientific world to shape NIH–sponsored research to a remarkable extent. Because of the blurring of roles and responsibilities, the production of biomedical knowledge about AIDS does not, he says, follow the pathways common to science; indeed, AIDS research can only be understood as a field that is unusually broad, public, and contested. He concludes by analyzing recent moves to democratize biomedicine, arguing that although AIDS activists have set the stage for new challenges to scientific authority, all social movements that seek to democratize expertise face unusual difficulties. Avoiding polemics and accusations, Epstein provides a benchmark account of the AIDS epidemic to date, one that will be as useful to activists, policy makers, and general readers as to sociologists, physicians, and scientists.

Recent Issues in Theories of Scientific Method

Author: R. Nola,H. Sankey

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

ISBN: 9401139350

Category: Science

Page: 257

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Some think that issues to do with scientific method are last century's stale debate; Popper was an advocate of methodology, but Kuhn, Feyerabend, and others are alleged to have brought the debate about its status to an end. The papers in this volume show that issues in methodology are still very much alive. Some of the papers reinvestigate issues in the debate over methodology, while others set out new ways in which the debate has developed in the last decade. The book will be of interest to philosophers and scientists alike in the reassessment it provides of earlier debates about method and current directions of research.

Eine empirische Rekonstruktion und strukturationstheoretische Analyse der ökologieorientierten Forschung in der Betriebswirtschaftslehre

Author: Roswitha Wöllenstein

Publisher: Rainer Hampp Verlag

ISBN: 386618283X

Category: Business & Economics

Page: 265

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Seit gut 30 Jahren beschäftigt sich das Fach Betriebswirtschaftslehre mit den Auswirkungen wirtschaftlicher Tätigkeit auf die natürliche Umwelt. Erfolgte die Adaption des Umweltthemas zunächst auch eher zögerlich, so konnte sich doch im Verlauf der Jahre eine eigenständige Forschungsrichtung innerhalb der Betriebswirtschaftslehre etablieren, deren Fachvertreter sich aus unterschiedlichsten Perspektiven mit betrieblichen Umweltproblemen befassen. Umwelt- oder nachhaltigkeitsorientierte Forschung ist mittlerweile im Fach anerkannt. Es gibt unzählige Veröffentlichungen zum Thema, eigene Fachzeitschriften und wissenschaftliche Institutionen, die diesen betriebswirtschaftlichen Schwerpunkt repräsentieren. In welcher Weise die Auseinandersetzung mit der Umweltproblematik die Betriebswirtschaftslehre beeinflusst und verändert hat, diese Frage ist jedoch nicht abschließend geklärt. Die vorliegende Arbeit will hierzu einen Beitrag leisten und rekonstruiert die Entwicklungsgeschichte der ökologieorientierten betriebswirtschaftlichen Forschungsrichtung mit dem Ziel, diejenigen Faktoren zu identifizieren, die sich als fördernd bzw. hemmend für die betriebswirtschaftliche Bearbeitung der Umweltproblematik erwiesen haben. In diesem Kontext geht es auch darum, das Verhältnis der Forschungsrichtung zum Fach herauszuarbeiten und zu analysieren. Die Rekonstruktion basiert auf einer empirischen Studie, in welcher Hochschullehrer der Betriebswirtschaftslehre als Experten zum Thema interviewt wurden. Zusätzlich wurde eine umfassende Auswertung von Zeitschriftenartikeln durchgeführt. Die empirischen Befunde sind Ausgangspunkt einer theoretischen Analyse der rekonstruierten Entwicklungsgeschichte, die insbesondere die Handlungen der Akteure und die Strukturen des Systems Wissenschaft in den Blick nimmt.

zur Relativität und Geltung soziologischer Forschung

Author: Wolfgang Bonss,Heinz Hartmann

Publisher: N.A

ISBN: 9783509013979

Category: Aufsatzsammlung

Page: 412

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Author: Gisela Kaplan

Publisher: Routledge

ISBN: 1136195033

Category: Social Science

Page: 376

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Contemporary Western European Feminism is a ground-breaking history of feminism. Gisela Kaplan invites a critical analysis of current ideas, terms and assumptions about our modern world. Written confidently and with compassion, this is the story of a long revolution that has set out to change predominant attitudes and transform value hierarchies and human lifestyles. By outlining the postwar histories of individual countries Kaplan contextualises women’s movements and documents a significant chapter of European social history. She poses questions about the interrelationship between the new movements and the parliamentary democracies in which they occurred, while analysing the contradictions of living in modern capitalist countries. Contemporary Western European Feminism also tackles important contradictions, such as those between the welfare state and the free market economy; industrialisation and religious value systems; social engineering and the production of wealth; and dissent and patrimonial systems of democracy. For those wanting to know more about Europe without the intimidating barriers of language and for those already experts in its social history, Contemporary Western European Feminism is essential reading.

Women's Experiences of Planning Home Births

Author: Nadine Edwards

Publisher: Routledge

ISBN: 1134258828

Category: Health & Fitness

Page: 320

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Birthing Autonomy brings some balance to the difficult arguments that arise from debates about home births, and focuses on women’s views and their experiences of planning home births. It provides an in-depth exploration of how women make decisions about home births and what aspects matter most to them. Comparing how differently the pros and cons of home births are constructed and contemplated by mothers and by the medical profession, the book looks at how current obstetric thinking and practices can disempower and harm women emotionally and spiritually as well as physically. Written in an accessible style, this book is enlightening for student and practicing midwives and obstetricians, as well as researchers and students of nursing, medical sociology, health studies, gender studies, feminist practitioners and theorists. It will also be invaluable to expectant mothers who want to be more informed about the choices they are facing and the wider context within which their birth options are considered.

A Sociological Appraisal

Author: Robert Evans

Publisher: Routledge

ISBN: 1134623453

Category: Business & Economics

Page: 256

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Drawing on interviews with the UK government's Panel of Independent Forecasters, the author shows how economic models, forecasts and policy analysis depend crucially upon the judgements of economists.

Readings in the Study of New Religious Movements

Author: Lorne L. Dawson

Publisher: North Atlantic Books

ISBN: 9780765804785

Category: Religion

Page: 468

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In the face of the increasingly variegated ideological landscape of contemporary America, cults have become the focus of public controversy. The growth of new religions has been matched by the development of an organized and vocal opposition, the anti-cult movement. This in turn has prompted an extensive investigation of new religious movements (NRMs) by sociologists and psychologists of religion, as well as historians and religious studies scholars. The readings collected here contribute to the debate about cults by sampling some of the best and most accessible publications from the academic study of NRMs. The contributors address the questions most commonly asked about cults, such as: What brought about the emergence of new religious movements? What is a cult or new religious movement? Who joins new religious movements and why? Are converts to new religious movements brainwashed? Why did the Jonestown and Waco tragedies happen? Are cults inclined to be violent? What does the emergence of so many new religious movements say about our society? What does it say about the future of religion? Cults in Context surveys the descriptive typologies, theories, and data accumulated by sociologists and psychologists studying new religious movements over the last twenty years. It serves to defuse many popular fears and misconceptions about cults, allowing the reader to develop a more reasonable and tolerant understanding of the people who join new religious movements and the functions of these movements in contemporary society.

Contemporary Readings

Author: Yuri Balashov,Alexander Rosenberg

Publisher: Psychology Press

ISBN: 9780415257817

Category: Philosophy

Page: 522

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This comprehensive anthology draws together writings by leading philosophers on the philosophy of science. Each section is prefaced by an introductory essay from the editors, guiding students gently into the topic. Accessible and wide-ranging, the text draws on both contemporary and twentieth century sources. The readings are designed to complement Alex Rosenberg's textbook, Philosophy of Science: A Contemporary Introduction (Routledge 2000), but can also serve as a stand-alone volume in any philosophy of science course. Includes readings from the following leading philosophers: Achinstein, Anderson, Bloor, Earman, Feyerabend, Gutting, Hanson, Hempel, Kitcher, Kuhn, Laudan, Leplin, Mackie, McMullin, Nagel, Popper, Quine, Rosenberg, Russell, Salmon, Schlick, Shapere, Van Fraassen.

Readings in the Sociology of Norm Violation

Author: Clifton D. Bryant

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

ISBN: 9780891167792

Category: Social Science

Page: 866

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The popular image of Japanese society is a steroetypical one - that of a people characterised by a coherent set of thought and behaviour patterns, applying to all Japanese and transcending time. Ross Mouer and Yoshio Sugimoto found this image quite incongruous during their research for this book in Japan. They ask whether this steroetype of the Japanese is not only generated by foreigners but by the Japanese themselves. This is likely to be a controversial book as it does not contribute to the continuing mythologising of Japan and the Japanese. The book examines contemporary images of Japanese society by surveying an extensive sample of popular and academic literature on Japan. After tracing the development of "holistic" theories about the Japanese, commonly referred to as the "group model", attention is focused on the evaluation of that image. Empirical evidence contrary to this model is discussed and methodological lacunae are cited. A "sociology of Japanology" is also presented. In pursuit of other visions of Japanese society, the authors argue that certain aspects of Japanese behaviour can be explained by considering Japanese society as the exact inverse of the portayal provided by the group model. The authors also present a multi-dimensional model of social stratification, arguing that much of the variation in Japanese behaviour can be understood within the framework as having universal equivalence.

Author: Tadao Miyakawa

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

ISBN: 9780415195942

Category: Political Science

Page: 512

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the classic and contemporary readings

Author: Gerard Delanty,Piet Strydom

Publisher: Open University Press

ISBN: N.A

Category: Philosophy

Page: 481

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“This book will certainly prove to be a useful resource and reference point … a good addition to anyone’s bookshelf.” Network "This is a superb collection, expertly presented. The overall conception seems splendid, giving an excellent sense of the issues... The selection and length of the readings is admirably judged, with both the classic texts and the few unpublished pieces making just the right points." William Outhwaite, Professor of Sociology, University of Sussex "... an indispensable book for all of us in philosophy and the social sciences who teach and care about the shape of social knowledge in the future." Steven Seidman, Professor of Sociology, State University of New York Albany "For a comprehensive account of the ways in which world transformations affect claims to social scientific knowledge, one need look no further than Gerard Delanty and Piet Strydom's Philosophies of Social Science. ...this collection captures nicely the increasingly engaged political nature of the philosophy of social science. Debates about pragmatism, feminism and postmodernism are particularly well represented" The Australian What is social science? How does it differ from the other sciences? What is the meaning of method in social science? What is the nature and limits of scientific knowledge? This collection of over sixty extracts from classic works on the philosophy of social science provides an essential textbook and a landmark reference in the field. It highlights the work of some of the most influential authors who have shaped social science. The texts explore the question of truth, the meaning of scientific knowledge, the nature of methodology and the relation of science to society, including edited extracts from both classic and contemporary works by authors such as Emile Durkheim, Georg Simmel, Max Weber, Alfred Schutz, Max Horkheimer, Jurgen Habermas, Alvin Gouldner, Karl-Otto Apel, Michel Foucault, Pierre Bourdieu, Anthony Giddens, Dorothy Smith, Donna Haraway, Sigmund Freud, Jacques Derrida and Claude Levi-Strauss. The readings are representative of the major schools of thought, including European and American trends in particular as well as approaches that are often excluded from mainstream traditions. From a teaching and learning perspective the volume is strengthened by extensive introductions to each of the six sections, as well as a general introduction to the reader as a whole. These introductions contextualise the readings and offer succinct summaries of them. This volume is the definitive companion to the study of the philosophy of social science, taught within undergraduate or postgraduate courses in sociology and the social sciences.

exemplary readings in the social sciences

Author: Joyce McCarl Nielsen

Publisher: Westview Pr

ISBN: N.A

Category: Social Science

Page: 262

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Over the last decade feminist research methods have affected the nature of research in all the social and natural sciences. This is the first book to offer a practical guide to conducting research informed by feminist methods. A far-reaching introduction discusses issues in the philosophy of science, history of science, and sociology of knowledge that are fundamental to understanding the nature of scientific method and the role of feminist scholarship. The major portion of the book comprises readings that present feminist commentary on methods and that serve as exemplars of particular methods, such as oral history and feminist synthesism.

Author: Paul F. Lazarsfeld,Neil W. Henry

Publisher: Mit Press

ISBN: 9780262620109

Category: Social Science

Page: 380

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A lucid, stimulating introduction to a wide range of mathematical techniques, their usefulness in thinking, and their application to concrete data and specific cases.

Author: Barry Barnes

Publisher: Penguin Books

ISBN: N.A

Category: Science

Page: 396

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An Encyclopedia

Author: Eric Gottfrid Swedin

Publisher: ABC-CLIO

ISBN: 1851095241

Category: Reference

Page: 382

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This work is a unique introductory A–Z resource detailing the scientific achievements of the contemporary world and analyzing the key scientific trends, discoveries, and personalities of the modern age. * Over 200 A–Z entries covering topics ranging from plate tectonics to the first Moon landings * More than 40 stunning photographs providing a unique pictorial chronicle of the achievements of modern science