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Title Frontiers of sociology / edited by Peter Hedström, Björn Wittrock.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.
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Description 1 online resource (vi, 445 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Annals of the International Institute of Sociology, 1568-1548 ; v. 11
Annals of the International Institute of Sociology ; new ser., v. 11.
Note "A little more than half of the chapters of this book draw on texts that were originally presented at the 37th World Congress"--Page 2.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Contents; Introduction: Frontiers of Sociology (Peter Hedström and Björn Wittrock); THE LEGACY AND FRONTIERS OF SOCIOLOGY; The Emergence of Universalism: An Affi rmative Genealogy (Hans Joas); The Social Sciences and the Two Relativisms (Raymond Boudon); The Return to Values in Recent Sociological Theory (Piotr Sztompka); Sociology and Political Science: Learning and Challenges (Jack A. Goldstone); Toward a New Comprehensive Social Science (Dietrich Rueschemeyer); SOCIOLOGY AND THE HISTORICAL SCIENCES.
History and Sociology: Transmutations of Historical Reasoning in the Social Sciences (Björn Wittrock)Axial Visions and Axial Civilizations: The Transformations of World Histories between Evolutionary Tendencies and Institutional Formations (S.N. Eisenstadt); Social "Mechanisms" and Comparative-Historical Sociology: A Critical Realist Proposal (Philip Gorski); SOCIOLOGY AND THE ECONOMIC SCIENCES; Sociology and the Economic Sciences (Neil J. Smelser); Formal Theory in the Social Sciences (Richard Br.
Summary The 37th World Congress of the IIS focused on theory and research at the forefront of sociology and the relationship between sociology and its neighbouring disciplines. This volume constitutes a sustained effort by prominent sociologists and other social scientists to assess the standing of sociology.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Sociology -- Congresses.
Sociology -- Congresses.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books -- Conference proceedings.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Electronic books -- Conference proceedings.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Added Author Hedström, Peter.
Wittrock, Björn.
Institut international de sociologie. World Congress (37th)
Other Form: Print version: Frontiers of sociology. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009 9789004165694 (DLC) 2008038910 (OCoLC)253634221
ISBN 9789047442462 (electronic book)
9047442466 (electronic book)
9789004165694 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
900416569X (hardback ; alkaline paper)
Standard No. 10.1163/ej.9789004165694.i-450

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