Medical sociology: an introduction

To tell the truth. A critical trend in medical sociology--an introduction to the problems.

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE The presented analysis is a reconstruction of the origins, inspirations for development, and theoretical foundations of the critical and unmasking trend in Polish and Western medical sociology. ABBREVIATED DESCRIPTION OF THE STATE OF KNOWLEDGE As a part of the critical medical sociology initiated in Poland by Professor Magdalena Sokołowska, a diagnosis of the (dys)f...

Prologue: Sociology, Medicine and Medical Sociology

Do all disciplines fret over the state of their own intellectual and policy-relevant health? Is it a symptom of our hyper-reflexive and confessional times that collective anxiety has to be rehearsed over the track record, and present and projected performance of a group of scholars? Medical sociology’s lengthy reflections on the state of its own practice are recognizable as part of a more gener...

Sociology in China, sociology of China: Editor’s introduction

an introduction to the sociology of pierre bourdieu

the purpose of this article is to introduce the thoughts of pierre bourdieu, admittedly one of the greatest sociologists of the 20th century. his works, produced within the last three decades, go beyond conventional sociological research, making a fruitful theoretical contribution to sociology. his sociology is based on a basic idea: social reality lies neither on individuals nor on groups, but...

The Economic Sociology of Capitalism: An Introduction and Agenda

Edited by Victor Nee & Richard Swedberg: The Economic Sociology of Capitalism is published by Princeton University Press and copyrighted, © 2005, by Princeton University Press. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any electronic or mechanical means (including photocopying, recording, or information storage and retrieval) without permission in writing from t...