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Originally published in 1986, this work examines how key figures
such as Garfinkel, Sacks and Cicourel have revolutionised thinking
about how sociology's presuppositions about 'being social' are
grounded. Yet until the appearance of this book there were no clear
and authoritative introductions to the main thinkers in the field
or their work. In assessing the critical reception of
Ethnomethodology, Sharrock and Anderson argue persuasively that
much is wide of the mark - as they say, the real argument has yet
to begin.
This book examines the nature of work and management, centring on
documents as a class of management objects which have been
relatively understudied in ethnomethodological research. Treating
documents and similar artefacts as ordering devices, the authors
describe consociation - the social organisation of patterns of
coordinated action in situations where the usual resources of face
to face communication are absent. With a focus on senior managers,
this volume provides a description of the interior configuration of
the world of senior management as the encountered, everyday
experience of managing, drawing on first person experience rather
than ethnographic fieldwork to shed new light on the importance of
third person reflection upon practical understandings. An
innovative study of the social character of such management objects
as spreadsheets, strategic plans, computational models and charts,
Action at a Distance will appeal to scholars of sociology with
interests in ethnomethodology, the sociology of work and method in
the social sciences.
This fully revised, updated and extended edition of a successful
text, introduces some of the important philosophical issues arising
from social research practices and historical research in the
social sciences. Since its initial publication the field of social
research and philosophy has been widely debated, and this expanded
version incorporates the most recent discussion and theories. In
this edition John Hughes and Wes Sharrock carefully analyse the
research implications of the great sociological thinkers, and
stress that depending upon the researcher's philosophical leanings,
there are a range of possible interpretations of the 'facts'
uncovered by the researcher.
From its first edition in 1979, Perspectives in Sociology has
provided generations of undergraduates with a clear, reassuring
introduction to the complications of sociological theory. This
revised and updated edition features: a completely rewritten
general introduction and conclusion; all-new introductions to each
part, clarifying how each one builds on what came before; an
updated set of formative questions at the end of each chapter; a
comprehensive glossary of key terms. While retaining its emphasis
and wealth of information on the founding figures of sociology,
this sixth edition includes new tools that will allow students from
related disciplines to access relevant sociological material
quickly.
Originally published in 1986, this work examines how key figures
such as Garfinkel, Sacks and Cicourel have revolutionised thinking
about how sociology's presuppositions about 'being social' are
grounded. Yet until the appearance of this book there were no clear
and authoritative introductions to the main thinkers in the field
or their work. In assessing the critical reception of
Ethnomethodology, Sharrock and Anderson argue persuasively that
much is wide of the mark - as they say, the real argument has yet
to begin.
This fully revised, updated and extended edition of a successful
text, introduces some of the important philosophical issues arising
from social research practices and historical research in the
social sciences. Since its initial publication the field of social
research and philosophy has been widely debated, and this expanded
version incorporates the most recent discussion and theories. In
this edition John Hughes and Wes Sharrock carefully analyse the
research implications of the great sociological thinkers, and
stress that depending upon the researcher's philosophical leanings,
there are a range of possible interpretations of the 'facts'
uncovered by the researcher.
From its first edition in 1979, Perspectives in Sociology has
provided generations of undergraduates with a clear, reassuring
introduction to the complications of sociological theory. This
revised and updated edition features: a completely rewritten
general introduction and conclusion; all-new introductions to each
part, clarifying how each one builds on what came before; an
updated set of formative questions at the end of each chapter; a
comprehensive glossary of key terms. While retaining its emphasis
and wealth of information on the founding figures of sociology,
this sixth edition includes new tools that will allow students from
related disciplines to access relevant sociological material
quickly.
This book examines the nature of work and management, centring on
documents as a class of management objects which have been
relatively understudied in ethnomethodological research. Treating
documents and similar artefacts as ordering devices, the authors
describe consociation - the social organisation of patterns of
coordinated action in situations where the usual resources of face
to face communication are absent. With a focus on senior managers,
this volume provides a description of the interior configuration of
the world of senior management as the encountered, everyday
experience of managing, drawing on first person experience rather
than ethnographic fieldwork to shed new light on the importance of
third person reflection upon practical understandings. An
innovative study of the social character of such management objects
as spreadsheets, strategic plans, computational models and charts,
Action at a Distance will appeal to scholars of sociology with
interests in ethnomethodology, the sociology of work and method in
the social sciences.
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