Synopses & Reviews
In this volume, eight essays by well known sociologists explore the personal experiences, of social scientists, their unique ways of doing sociology, and the relationship between sociological theory and its application. In each chapter, the contributors integrate their sociological expertise with their personal lives and prove that sociological understanding and personal experience can and do mesh. Personal Sociology is a novel presentation that truly humanizes the practice and field of sociology.
About the Author
PAUL C. HIGGINS is Sociology Professor at the University of South Carolina at Columbia.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction by Paul C. Higgins
It's Good for 'Em: Object Lessons in Youth Sports by Jeffrey E. Nash
Social Roles and Interaction by Louis A. Zurcher
Growing Up Among Ghetto Dwellers by Stanford M. Lyman
The Sociologist as Stranger: The Power Games of Race Relations by John H. Stanfield II
Battered Flesh and Shackled Souls: Patriarchal Control of Women by Kathleen J. Ferraro
Rationality and Practical Reasoning in Human Service Organization by Jaber F. Gubrium
Work and Self by Jeffrey W. Riemer
Political Activist as Participant Observer: Conflicts of Commitment in a Study of the Draft Resistance Movement of the 1960s by Barrie Thorne
Bibliography
Index
About the Contributors