Troubling Sociological Concepts: An Interrogation

by Martyn Hammersley

Book Overview

Sociology addresses challenging social issues and seeks new ways to understand them. However, much sociological terminology suffers from multiple, vague, or uncertain meanings. This is true of many of the central terms that sociologists use, such as 'power', 'ideology', 'culture', 'social class', and even 'society'. The result is that the conclusions reached by sociological investigations are frequently subject to discrepant interpretations, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030516466
• ISBN13: 9783030516468
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 239 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"