Sociology is about society, but what about people? The person in the sight of sociology is all too often a matchstick being. In this original and stimulating bo

Central to most sociologists’ self-image is the claim that their theories are based on research. However, using a random sample of 680 articles appearing in m

Central to most sociologists’ self-image is the claim that their theories are based on research. However, using a random sample of 680 articles appearing in m

Current sociological theories appear to have lost their general persuasiveness in part because, unlike the theories of the ‘classical era’, they fail to mai

This account of Talcott Parsons’s work clarifies his basic concepts and sets out their correlation. Dr Menzies believes that the philosophy of science working