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Author : Brian Fay
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317652290
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Social Theory and Political Practice (RLE Social Theory) written by Brian Fay and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-08-27 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the question of how our knowledge of social life affects, and ought to affect, our way of living it. In so doing, it critically discusses two epistemological models of social science – the positivist and the interpretive – from the viewpoint of the political theories which, it is argued, are implicit in these models; moreover, it proposes a third model – the critical – which is organised around an explicit account of the relation between social theory and practical life. The book has the special merit of being a good overview of the principal current ideas about the relation between social theory and political practice, as well as an attempt at providing a new and more satisfactory account of this relationship. To accomplish this task, it synthesises work from the analytic philosophy of social science with that of the neo-Marxism of the Frankfurt school.

Author : Brian Fay
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780043000489
Total Pages : 123 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Social Theory and Political Practice written by Brian Fay and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1975-01-01 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Fay, Brian
Publisher : Brantford : W. Ross Macdonald School, 1985. (Toronto : CNIB)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 123 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Social Theory and Political Practice [sound Recording] written by Fay, Brian and published by Brantford : W. Ross Macdonald School, 1985. (Toronto : CNIB). This book was released on 1985 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mark L. Wardell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317651006
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sociological Theory in Transition (RLE Social Theory) written by Mark L. Wardell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-08-07 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Current sociological theories appear to have lost their general persuasiveness in part because, unlike the theories of the ‘classical era’, they fail to maintain an integrated stance toward society, and the practical role that sociology plays in society. The authors explore various facets of this failure and possibilities for reconstructing sociological theories as integrated wholes capable of conveying a moral and political immediacy. They discuss the evolution of several concepts (for example, the social, structure, and self) and address the significant disputes (for example, structuralism versus humanism, and individual versus society) that have dominated twentieth-century sociological thought. Their ideas and analyses are directed towards an audience of students and theorists who are coming to terms with the project of sociological theory, and its relationship with moral discourses and political practice. The authors of these essays are sociological theorists from the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada. They are all established, but not ‘establishment’ authors. The book contains no orthodoxies, and no answers. However, the essays do contribute to identifying the range of issues that will constitute the agenda for the next generation of sociological theorists.

Author : Anthony Giddens
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781138983236
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Studies in Social and Political Theory (RLE Social Theory) written by Anthony Giddens and published by . This book was released on 2015-12-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social sciences -- Methodology -- History. Sociology -- Methodology -- History. Sociology -- Germany -- History. Sociology -- United States.

Author : Brian Fay
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317652282
Total Pages : 107 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Social Theory and Political Practice (RLE Social Theory) written by Brian Fay and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-08-27 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the question of how our knowledge of social life affects, and ought to affect, our way of living it. In so doing, it critically discusses two epistemological models of social science – the positivist and the interpretive – from the viewpoint of the political theories which, it is argued, are implicit in these models; moreover, it proposes a third model – the critical – which is organised around an explicit account of the relation between social theory and practical life. The book has the special merit of being a good overview of the principal current ideas about the relation between social theory and political practice, as well as an attempt at providing a new and more satisfactory account of this relationship. To accomplish this task, it synthesises work from the analytic philosophy of social science with that of the neo-Marxism of the Frankfurt school.

Author : Christopher Lloyd
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780198274483
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Social Theory and Political Practice written by Christopher Lloyd and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1983-01 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : D.H.J. Morgan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317651901
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Family, Politics, and Social Theory (RLE Social Theory) written by D.H.J. Morgan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-08-13 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores and clarifies all the major issues and developments within ‘family theorising’. It covers the extraordinary growth and variety of approaches to the family over the last decade, the most significant being the impact of feminism and the professional and state intervention into the family through marital and family therapy. The author focuses on the growth of family counselling, giving a detailed analysis of the Home Office publication, Marriage Matters. He looks at the rapid growth of historical studies of the family, European theoretical developments, the work of the Rapoports, the role of systems theorising, and phenomenological and critical approaches to the family. He shows the relevance of family theorising for contemporary debates about the state of marriage and the family, and argues for the centrality of ‘family themes’ within wider sociological debates.

Author : Joe Bailey
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317651782
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ideas and Intervention (RLE Social Theory) written by Joe Bailey and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-08-13 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theorizing in sociology has increasingly become a self-generating and self-fulfilling activity, as sociologists absorb theory as an isolated and formalist part of their discipline. Joe Bailey believes that sociological theory should be a contribution to practical social intervention. His book presents a practical view of social theorizing as an activity at which sociologists are skilled and which they could teach to the interventionist professions. The relation between theory and practice is defined as one in which theory guides practice and makes explicit necessary choices. A description of disciplines and professions is provided as a basis for examining social intervention in three areas – law, social work and urban planning. The author considers some exemplary contributions which sociological theorizing could and should provide, and concludes by proposing a pluralist view of theory as the best strategy for a sociology relevant to practice.

Author : Will Leggett
Publisher : Red Globe Press
ISBN 13 : 0230576818
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Politics and Social Theory written by Will Leggett and published by Red Globe Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Under present social conditions, neither social theorists nor political scientists can afford to ignore one another. This book is a clear, structured account of the relationship between politics and social theory, examining both the political content of social theory, and how social theory has illuminated our understanding of politics.