Pierpaolo Donati

Relational Sociology

A New Paradigm for the Social Sciences

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Much of our concept of society has been defined by sociology's dual focuses: individuals, and groups. In this eagerly awaited book, Donati shifts focus to the relationships between people, and explains this new 'relational sociology' in detail.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juli 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 155mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9780415567480
• ISBN-10: 0415567483
• Artikelnr.: 30366891

Autorenporträt

Pierpaolo Donati is Professor of Sociology at the University of Bologna (Italy). Past-President of the Italian Sociological Association, he is known as the founder of 'relational sociology' or the 'relational theory of society', an independently developed form of critical realism. He has published more than 600 works (see: Building a Relational Theory of Society: A Sociological Journey, in M. Deflem ed., Sociologists in a Global Age. Biographical Perspectives, Ashgate, Aldershot, 2007).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Prospects for a Relational Sociology Chapter 1. The
Relational Paradigm; its implications for the understanding and
organization of Society Chapter 2. Society as a Relation Chapter 3.
Critical Realism as viewed by Relational Sociology Chapter 4. Observing and
Thinking Relationally: the premises of the relational theory of society
Chapter 5. Social Change in the light of Relational Sociology Chapter 6.
Reflexivity after Modernity: From the viewpoint of Relational Sociology
Chapter 7. Doing Sociology in the Age of Globalisation