The ISA handbook of diverse sociological traditions

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The ISA handbook of diverse sociological traditions

edited by Sujata Patel

(Sage studies in international sociology)

Sage, 2010

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"A brilliant treasury of wisdom and insight drawn from leading sociologists throughout the world...It is a striking achievement, of which the International Sociological Association can be very proud, to have brought so many independent-minded scholars into so productive a dialogue." - Dennis Smith, Professor of Sociology, Loughborough University Twenty-nine chapters from prominent international contributors discuss, challenge and re-conceptualise the global discipline of sociology, evaluating the diversities within and between sociological traditions of many regions and nation-states. They assess all aspects of the discipline: ideas and theories; scholars and scholarship; practices and traditions; and ruptures and continuities through an international perspective. The Handbook argues that diversities in sociological traditions can be studied at three levels. First, they need to be studied from multiple spatial locations: within localities, within nation-states, within regions and the globe. Second, they need to be discussed in terms of their sociological moorings in distinct philosophies, epistemologies and theoretical frames, cultures of science and languages of reflection. Third, the intellectual moorings of sociological practices are extensive. The papers discuss the diverse and comparative sites of knowledge production and its transmission.

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Introduction: Diversities of Sociological Traditions - Sujata Patel PART I: THE DEBATE - ONE SOCIOLOGY OR MANY SOCIOLOGIES Chapter 1: One Sociology or Many? - Piotr Sztompka Chapter 2: Religion and Reform - Farid Syed Alatas Chapter 3: Learning From Each Other - Sociology on a World Scale - Raewyn Connell Chapter 4: Forging Global Sociology from Below - Michael Burawoy PART II: BEYOND THE CLASSICAL THEORISTS: EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN SOCIOLOGY TODAY Chapter 5: Sociology in the Spiral of Holism and Individualism - Louis Chauval Chapter 6: Various Traditions and Approaches of German Sociology - Karl-Siebert Rehberg Chapter 7: Diversity, Dominance and Plurality in British Sociology - John Scott Chapter 8: Sociology, Science and Profession - Analia Torres Chapter 9: Visions and Divisions of American Sociology - Craig Calhoun, Troy Duster & Jonathan Van Antwerpen PART III: LOCAL TRADITIONS AND UNIVERSAL SOCIOLOGIES Chapter 10: Post-Communist Democratization and the Practice of Sociology in Central and Eastern Europe - Janusz Mucha & Mike F. Keen Chapter 11: What is Russian Sociological Tradition? - Elena Zdravomyslova Chapter 12: Traditions and ruptures in Hungarian sociology - Denes Nemedi Chapter 13: Rediscovering Sociology in Bulgaria - Pepka Boyadjieva PART IV: AUTHORITARIANISM AND CHALLENGES TO SOCIOLOGY IN LATIN AMERICA Chapter 14: Five Dilemmas of Latin America sociology - Roberto Briceno-Leon Chapter 15: The Creation of New Social Theory in Latin America - Fernanda Beigel Chapter 16: Trajectories of Brazilian Sociology - Maria Stella, Grossi Porto & Tom Dwyer Chapter 17: Dilemmas, Challenges and Uncertain Boundaries of Argentinean Sociology - Diego Pereyra PART V: THE COLONIAL HERITAGE AND ITS SOGIOLOGICAL TRADITIONS Chapter 18: Sociology in West Africa - Ebrima Sall Codesria & Jean-Bernard Ouedraogo Chapter 19: The Forging of a National Sociological Tradition in South Africa - Tina Uys Chapter 20: Palestinian Sociological Production - Sari Hanafi Chapter 21: Israeli Sociology in Universities and Beyond - Victor Azarya Chapter 22: Sociology in Iran: Between Politics, Religion and Western Influence - Ali Akbar Mahdi Chapter 23: At Crosssroads - Sociology in India - Sujata Patel Chapter 24: Ethnicity/race within Sociology in the Commonwealth Caribbean - Ann Denis PART VI: LOCAL OR UNIVERSAL - IDENTITY AND DIFFERENCE IN THE SOCIOLOGY OF THE FAR EAST Chapter 25: A New Agenda for the Sociology of Transformation in China - Shen Yuan & Guo Yuhua (translated by Ching Kwan Lee) Chapter 25: Evaluating Sociologists in Taiwan - Ming-Chang Tsai Chapter 26: Sociology in Post World War II Japan - Koto Yousuke Chapter 27: Institutionalizing Sociological Practice in the Philippines - Emma Porio Chapter 28: Antipodean Traditions of Sociology - Charles Crothers

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