Toward a Sociological Imagination: Bridging Specialized Fields

by Bernard S. Phillips

Book Overview

Toward A Sociological Imagination builds on the ideas C. Wright Mills expressed in The Sociological Imagination for an approach to the scientific method broad enough to open up to the full range of knowledge within the sociology discipline. In this book, nine sociologists and one philosopher provide detailed tests of the utility of the approach within diverse substantive sociological areas. These areas include, deviance and anomie, stratification...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761823425
• ISBN13: 9780761823421
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.5"