Social Structure: Relationships, Representations, and Rules - Brossura

Eastwood, Jonathan

 
9781509561933: Social Structure: Relationships, Representations, and Rules

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Social structure is arguably the central concept of sociology, and in recent years a much wider public has taken up with fresh vigor the sociological idea that persistent inequalities are rooted in social structures. Yet there seem to be as many definitions of the term as there are sociologists, and we often struggle to articulate accessible yet precise accounts of structures that can guide empirical research and other kinds of action.

Jonathan Eastwood offers a set of pragmatic strategies for thinking about social structures, emphasizing ways in which we can approach them as complex lacings of relationships, representations, and rules. He then teases out a variety of implications of these strategies for qualitative and quantitative research, the analysis of social problems, and the implementation of social policies. Written for advanced undergraduate and graduate students as well as fellow scholars, this insightful book contributes to our understanding of this fundamental and dynamic ingredient of social life.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Jonathan Eastwood is Professor of Sociology at Washington & Lee University.

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9781509561926: Social Structure: Relationships, Representations, and Rules

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ISBN 10:  1509561927 ISBN 13:  9781509561926
Casa editrice: Polity Pr, 2024
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