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Sociology and Social Research (RLE Social Theory) (Paperback)
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Sociology and Social Research (RLE Social Theory) (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory
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A social science which has become so remote from the society which
pays for its upkeep is ultimately doomed, threatened less by
repression than by intellectual contempt and financial neglect.
This is the message of the authors of this book in this
reassessment of the evolution and present state of British
sociology. Their investigation analyses the discipline as a social
institution, whose product is inexorably shaped by the everyday
circumstances of its producers; it is the concrete outcome of
people's work, rather than a body of abstract ideas. Drawing upon
their varied experience as teachers and researchers, they identify
three major trends in contemporary sociology. First, that the
discipline's rapid expansion has led to a retreat from rigorous
research into Utopian and introspective theorising. Second, that
the concept of sociological research is being taught in a totally
false way because of this, and encourages 'research' within a
wholly academic environment. Third, that the current unpopularity
of sociology with academics, prospective students and politicians
is no coincidence, but a reflection of the conditions under which
sociology is now produced and practised. In Sociology and Social
Research the authors suggest substantial changes in sociological
research, the way in which it is carried out and the conditions
under which it is undertaken. Their book is a timely warning to
fellow sociologists when the profession is under attack as a result
of public expenditure cuts.
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