ABSTRACT
Originally published in 1981 Practice and Progress is a collection examining the changes that have occurred in the theories, methodologies and practices of sociology, in the institutional and educational setting of the subject, and in British society. The themes pursued include the professionalization of sociology its development and standing in the universities; the impact on it of Marxism and feminism and the major debates over positivism and empiricism, quantitative methods, linguistic analysis; and numerous other crucial methodological and theoretical concerns.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part One|60 pages
Intellectual Debates and Institutional Contexts
part Two|77 pages
Sociological Knowledge: Creation and Practice
part Three|42 pages
Marxism and Feminism: Radical Interventions in Sociology