This analysis combines phenomenological and sociological research for an investigation of the social relationship of “friendship”. From a phenomenological perspective, it focuses on the epistemological basis, on the subjective constitution of the phenomenon of “friendship”. The social construction of friendship however, is described from a sociological research perspective with reference to con...

There is increasing concern that research not transparent and empirical results are often impossible to reproduce. Guidelines for undertaking reproducible have been proposed in a number of academic areas (e.g. computational economics, psychology medical research), however currently there no guidelines sociological research. This methodological paper provides guidance statistically orientated We...

Earlier treatments of moderatum generalization (e.g. Williams, 2000a) explicitly addressed interpretivist sociology. This article extends that earlier argument by examining some of its implications for a wider range of qualitative research methods. It first adopts an empirical approach, providing concrete illustrations from the most recent volume of Sociology of what sociologists actually do wh...

1 I Background Sociological legacies Long before there was a conception of sustainable development, sociologists (as well as other social scientists) were conducting research on development issues (such as modernization, socioeconomic development, distorted development, unequal development, etc.) as well as sustainability issues (pollution, environmental degradation, resource depletion, key res...

This article addresses the question of the relevant conceptualization of «altruism» in Russian from the perspective sociological research operationalization. It investigates the spheres of social application of the word «altruism», include Russian equivalent «vzaimopomoshh`» (mutual help). The data for the study comes from Russian National Corpus (Russian). The theoretical framework consists of...

      One of the major issues in recent years those the most scholars and even the public's minds are preoccupied with is the issue of family problems and divorce. Now this phenomenon in the form of a social problem has created great difficulties for individuals and families facing in divorce. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the sociological family problems in Bojnourd.  The theoretic...