Central to most sociologists’ self-image is the claim that their theories are based on research. However, using a random sample of 680 articles appearing in m
Current sociological theories appear to have lost their general persuasiveness in part because, unlike the theories of the ‘classical era’, they fail to mai
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Theorizing in sociology has increasingly become a self-generating and self-fulfilling activity, as sociologists absorb theory as an isolated and formalist part
Professor Rex’s controversial book concerns not only those who are professional sociologists but all thinking people who live in the modern world. One of the