Conceptualizing Relational Sociology

Ontological and Theoretical Issues
2013. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-37990-0
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 142 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 4188 g

Edited by François Depelteau and Christopher Powell, this volume and its companion, Applying Relational Sociology: Networks, Relations, addresses fundamental questions about what relational sociology is and how it works.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Powell, C.

Dépelteau, F.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Gesellschaftstheorie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Fragen & Probleme
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Gruppen & Klassen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; François Dépelteau and Christopher Powell PART I: DEFINING THE PROJECT 1. Collective Reflexivity: A Relational Case for it; Margaret Archer 2. Interactions and Juxtapositions: Conceptualizing 'Relations' in Relational Sociology; Nick Crossley 3. From interactions between structures and actors to social transactions; François Dépelteau 4. Relational Sociology: A Paradigm from a Critical Realist Standpoint; Pierpaolo Donati 5. Radical Relationism; Christopher Powell PART II: RELATIONISM AND SOCIAL THEORY 6. Relational Sociology and Historical Materialism: Three Conversation Starters; Ken Fish 7. Bourdieu's Relational Method in Theory and Practice; John W. Mohr 8. Feminist Preludes to Relational Sociology; Sarah Redshaw 9. Critical Strategies for Implementing a Relational Sociological Paradigm: Elias, Bourdieu, and Uncivilized Sociological Theoretical Struggles; Christopher Thorpe 10. Norbert Elias on Relations: Insights and Perspectives; Charalambos Tsekeris PART III: PERMUTATIONS AND APPLICATIONS 11. Power from Switching Across Netdoms through Reflexive and Indexical Language; Jorge Fontdevila and Harrison C. White 12. Social Relationships between Communication, Network Structure, and Culture; Jan Fuhse 13. Turning points are the rule rather than the exception: perspective on the different forms of uncertainty; Harrison C. White, Frédéric C. Godart, and Matthias Thiemann 14. Advancing Sociology Through a Focus on Relational Processes; Debbie Kasper 15. Survival units as the point of departure for a relational sociology; Lars Bo Kasperson 16. Human Transaction Mechanisms in Evolutionary Niches—a Methodological Relationalist Standpoint; Osmo Kivinen and Tero Piiroinen 17. Objects, Agency and Relational Sociology; Craig McFarlane 18. Connecting Network Methods to Social Science Research: How To Parsimoniously Use Dyadic Measures as Independent Variables; Heather Price Relational Sociology, Social Psychology, and Social Neuroscience; Stephen QuilleyConclusion; Mustafa Emirbayer

Über Autor(innen)

Margaret Archer, University of Warwick, UK
Nick Crossley, University of Manchester, UK
Mustafa Emirbayer, University of Wisconsin at Madison, USA
Kenneth Fish, University of Winnipeg, Canada
Debbie Kasper, Hiram College, USA
Craig McFarlane, Carleton University, USA
Sarah Redshaw, Senior Researcher, Nursing Research and Practice Development Unit, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, UK
Christopher Thorpe, Robert Gordon University, UK
Charalambos Tsekeris, Athens Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Greece