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This chapter begins with the presentation of the theoretical approach employed to study the history of sociology in Portugal from 1945 to the present day: genealogical pragmatism. This is followed by a discussion of the chief methodological challenges facing such an endeavour. The chapter concludes with a presentation of the five main analytic dimensions of Carreira da Silva’s approach: social agents; ideas; instruments; institutions; and contexts.
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da Silva, F.C. (2016). Introduction: Sociology in Portugal. In: Sociology in Portugal: A Short History. Sociology Transformed. Palgrave Pivot, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137495518_1
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