American Sociology [electronic resource] : From Pre-Disciplinary to Post-Normal /
Turner, S.author.
American Sociology has changed radically since 1945. This volume traces these changes to the present, with special emphasis on the feminization of sociology and the decline of the science ideal as well as the challenges sociology faces in the new environment for universities.
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""Cover""; ""Half-Title ""; ""Title ""; ""Copyright ""; ""Contents ""; ""List of Figures""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Pre-Academic Reformism and the Conflict between Advocacy and Objectivity until 1920""; ""2 The Revolution of the 1920s and the Interwar Years""; ""3 The Postwar Boom""; ""4 The Crisis of the 1970s and Its Long-Term Consequences""; ""5 The Near-Death Experience and Its Consequences""; ""6 Feminization, the New University Environment, and the Quest for a Sociology for People""; ""7 The Elite and Its Power""; ""8 Activism, Professionalism, or Condominium?""
""References""""Index""
Includes bibliographical references and index.
American Sociology has changed radically since 1945. This volume traces these changes to the present, with special emphasis on the feminization of sociology and the decline of the science ideal as well as the challenges sociology faces in the new environment for universities.
Social policy.
Sociology.
Social sciences.
Social history.
Feminist theory.
Social Policy.
Sociology, general.
Methodology of the Social Sciences.
Social History.
Gender Studies.
Feminism.