Getting Sociology Right
A Half-Century of Reflections
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology
| Author: | Neil J. Smelser | ISBN: | 9780520958487 |
| Publisher: | University of California Press | Publication: | April 12, 2014 |
| Imprint: | University of California Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Neil J. Smelser |
| ISBN: | 9780520958487 |
| Publisher: | University of California Press |
| Publication: | April 12, 2014 |
| Imprint: | University of California Press |
| Language: | English |
Neil J. Smelser, one of the most important and influential American sociologists, traces the discipline of sociology from 1969 to the early twenty-first century in Getting Sociology Right: A Half-Century of Reflections. Examining sociology as a vocation and building on the work of Talcott Parsons, Smelser discusses his views on the discipline of sociology and shows how his perspective of the field evolved in the postwar era.
Neil J. Smelser, one of the most important and influential American sociologists, traces the discipline of sociology from 1969 to the early twenty-first century in Getting Sociology Right: A Half-Century of Reflections. Examining sociology as a vocation and building on the work of Talcott Parsons, Smelser discusses his views on the discipline of sociology and shows how his perspective of the field evolved in the postwar era.
