Overview
The author is particularly well placed to address this fundamental question, having taught and researched in the discipline for over half a century, and having been eminent in several key sociological areas
Draws the readers attention to the reasons they became sociologists
Questions the received definition of academic success and progress
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Table of contents(9 chapters)
About this book
Has Sociology Progressed? will be of special interest to all sociologists and would-be sociologists interested in the past, present and future of their discipline, as well as scholars contemplating academic progress and motivation in general.
Authors and Affiliations
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University of York, York, UK
Colin Campbell
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Has Sociology Progressed?
Book Subtitle: Reflections of an Accidental Academic
Authors: Colin Campbell
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19978-4
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-19977-7Published: 17 July 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-19978-4Published: 06 July 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 134
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Historical Sociology, Knowledge - Discourse, Social Theory, Social History