Contemporary Sociological Analyses and Horizons 3 Contemporary directions in sociological research Culminating in 3 weeks of project work Economic Sociology + Political Sociology + Sociology of Nature/Culture Recommended participation in Departmental seminar on Wednesday 13-15

When to Read What Economic Sociology Aspers (2011), Bourdieu (2005), Fligstein (2001), Swedberg (2010). Political Sociology Alexander (2003), Dean (1995), Jacobsson&Löfmarck (2008), Korpi 1985, Korpi&Palme 1998, Lukes 2005, McDonald&Marston 2005, Miller&Rose 1995, Rothstein&Uslaner 2005 Sociology of Nature/Culture Blok&Jensen (2011), Adele Clarke (2003), Latour (2010), Lidskog (2001), Macnaghten/Urry (1995), Novas (2006), Rheinberger (1995), Rose (2007), Woodgate (1998)

Three Lectures + One Seminar + One Written Assignment x 3 3 lectures introducing each field At least one week in advance of each seminar receive seminar questions Work in groups and each group introduces discussion of 2 questions at the seminar Each member of group also submits their own individual written discussion of the two questions dealt with by the group Submission of written assignments also on seminar day (each assignment at least 4 pages (2x2) Times New Roman 12pt, 1,5 spaced Same grading criteria for all three assignments will appear on GUL in next few days

Project Work You choose to work further with one of the fields introduced 3 Groups each tasked with putting together a project proposal (e.g. 3 case studies) 3 tutorials meeting Final presentation of proposals by groups + submission of written proposal on same day 25% of grade for project work based on ppt/oral presentation, 75% on written proposal

Grading For VG VG on all three individual assignments VG on two individual assignments + project work If get U for any part of course must re-submit

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Sociology at the Advanced Level: Beyond Textbook Sociology Basic textbooks in sociology preserve the idea of a unified discipline with an established core curriculum The idea of sociology possessing a ’core’ or even ’mainstream’ largely a construction of the marketing strategies of international ’academic’ publishers

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British Sociological Association Study Groups Body and Society, Alcohol, Animal/Human, Auto/Biography, Bourdieu, Childhood, Cities, Climate Change, Diaspora/Migration/Transnationalism, Digital Sociology, Disability, Education, Families and Relationships, Food, Gender, Happiness, Historical and Comparative Sociology, Human Reproduction, Leisure and Recreation, Media, Medical Sociology, Museums and Society, Race and Ethnicity, Realism, Religion, Risk and Society, Science and Technology Studies, Scottish, Sexual Divisions Social and Public Policy, Social Aspects of Death, Dying and Bereavement Social Network Analysis, Psychoanalysis and the Psychosocial Sport, Theory, Violence against Women, Visual Sociology, Weber Work, Employment and Economic Life, Youth

Some Research Committees connected to the International Sociological Association…. Education -
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History of Sociology -
Housing and Built Environment -
Labor Movements -
Language and Society -
Law -
Leisure -
Logic and Methodology -
Mental Health and Illness -
Migration -
Organization -
Participation, Organizational Democracy and Self-Management
Political Sociology 
Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy - 
Professional Groups
Racism, Nationalism and Ethnic Relations Aging -
Agriculture and Food -
Alienation Theory and Research -
Armed Forces and Conflict Resolution -
Arts -
Biography and Society
Body in the Social Sciences
Childhood - 
Clinical Sociology -
Communication, Knowledge and Culture -
Community Research -
Comparative Sociology- 
Conceptual and Terminological Analysis -
Deviance and Social Control - 
Disasters 
Economy and Society  Rational Choice -
Regional and Urban Development -
Religion -
Science and Technology - 
Social Classes and Social Movements

“Like a river flowing through a broad and rocky basin, Sociology’s stream of thought follows numerous shifting channels” (Michael Lynch 1998)

How Has Sociology Ended Up in Such a Creative Mess? Academic Extra-Academic Instrumental Knowledge Professional Sociology - Normal Science - Theory-Building Method Development Empirical Research Peer Review Policy Defense of Discipline - Expert Advice - Contract Research Evaluations Stakeholder Involvement Reflexive Critical - Critical Debates within and Between Research Programmes Public - Popularization - Pedagogy Engagement Protest