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2. Scientometrics for the study of sociology.
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Sooryamoorthy, Radhamany
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SOCIOLOGY ,SCIENTOMETRICS ,QUALITATIVE research ,SOCIAL sciences ,SCIENTIFIC method - Abstract
Scientometrics has become a popular discipline, both as a field of study and a set of methods. Scientometric studies are carried out at varying levels from micro to macro. Institutions of higher learning and governments adopt scientometric measures to inform their decisions and to develop policies pertaining to ranking, standing, funding, impact, visibility and future plans. Institutions, countries and scholars can be evaluated using reliable scientometric indicators which are meaningful instruments in the study of disciplines. Scientometrics serves the purpose of determining the future of academic disciplines as well. However, it has not been applied to the study of the social sciences, including sociology, as much as it has been used in science disciplines. In this essay the need for scientometric studies in the study of sociology is put forward. Reviewing some prominent studies, the essay shows applicable models for scientometric studies for the study of sociology. As the use of scientometrics has not been effectively applied to qualitative studies, the essay presents the potential of scientometric data for qualitative studies of sociology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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3. Sociological research and collaboration in South Africa: Past and present.
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Sooryamoorthy, Radhamany
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SOCIOLOGICAL research ,APARTHEID ,INTERNATIONAL cooperation with research ,SCIENTOMETRICS ,SOCIOLOGY periodicals - Abstract
Sociological research in South Africa presents characteristic features in line with its historical and political phases. This article maps the production of sociological research in South Africa during the apartheid and democratic periods. The data used in the article were drawn from the publication records of South African scholars stored in the database of the Web of Science (WoS). A total of 2342 publications representing the period 1970-2015 was sampled for this scientometric analysis. Employing appropriate statistical tests, the article examines the role of collaboration in the production of sociological knowledge in South Africa, and the relationships that exist among collaboration, international partnerships, subject areas and citations. The analysis shows that South African sociological research has distinctive characteristics that represent the two periods of study. It has benefitted from collaboration, both domestic and international. Collaboration continues to grow in specific subject fields of sociological research in South Africa, and has importance in the visibility of sociological research in the country. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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4. The time of dialogic sociology.
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Flecha, Ramon, Saso, Carmen Elboj, Torras-Gómez, Elisabeth, and Joanpere, Mar
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LITERATURE ,NEOLIBERALISM ,RESEARCH ,SOCIOLOGY - Abstract
Copyright of International Sociology is the property of Sage Publications Inc. and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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- 2022
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5. 'Theory at the edge of empire'.
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Martin, John Levi
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POWER (Social sciences) ,SOVEREIGNTY ,AUTHORITARIANISM ,COLONIES ,SOCIOLOGY - Abstract
Reed's intervention in theories of political power is considered, critiqued and continued: we may understand chains of authorization as stretching from sovereign to agent and back again, chains whose links may be called into question and repaired only via Goffmanian performance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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6. An indigenized sociology in a dual-structure society: An introduction to the Special Issue on Sociological Studies in Japan.
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Oguma, Eiji
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SOCIOLOGY ,SOCIETIES ,LABOR market ,SOCIAL sciences ,STATISTICS - Abstract
The article presents the discussion on the characteristics of Japanese sociology and society focusing on huge domestic publishing market and dual-structure labor market. Topics include Japanese sociologists unintentionally achieving the indigenization of social science; and requiring specialized knowledge such as the ability for interpreting statistics.
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- 2021
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7. Taxes and tithes: The organizational foundations of bolsonarismo.
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McKenna, Elizabeth
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AUTHORITARIANISM ,LABOR unions ,SOCIOLOGY ,SOCIAL democracy ,CAPITALISM - Abstract
Copyright of International Sociology is the property of Sage Publications Inc. and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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- 2020
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8. A conjunctural account of upper- and middle-class support for Rodrigo Duterte.
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Garrido, Marco
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MIDDLE class ,SOCIAL democracy ,SOCIOLOGY ,CAPITALISM ,SOCIAL theory - Abstract
Copyright of International Sociology is the property of Sage Publications Inc. and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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- 2020
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9. Trust: Condition of action or condition of appraisal.
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Barbalet, Jack
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TRUST ,MODERNITY ,SOLIDARITY ,INTERPERSONAL relations ,SOCIOLOGY - Abstract
Research in sociology on social trust is historically recent, reflecting changing conditions underlying self-appraisal in late modernity. Acknowledgement of these changing conditions, and especially their institutional background, contributes to a reconceptualization of the notion of trust and the role of inter-personal trust in social relationships. Under conditions of late modernity, described in the article as 'precarious institutional maturity', trust operates primarily as a term in a vocabulary of motive or as a value or appraisal regarding self and other, rather than directly facilitating social relationships. The supposed significance of trust, it is shown, tends to be exaggerated in the literature. The importance of the widely neglected institutional context is indicated in part through consideration of the case of guanxi (Chinese connections) in which high levels of social solidarity exist in the absence of trust. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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10. Signs of the feminization of sociology in Turkey: Transformation of gender composition and possible scenarios.
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Ünal, Serdar and Binay, Berivan
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WOMEN ,HIGHER education ,SOCIOLOGY education ,COLLEGE curriculum ,SOCIOLOGY ,SEX ratio - Abstract
Recently, both in Turkey and the international arena, there has been a remarkable increase in the number and visibility of women among students and academic personnel, particularly in specific areas of higher education. In this respect, this article provides a gender-based picture of students and academic personnel in undergraduate and graduate sociology programs in Turkey and identifies the direction of the gender-based changes in these programs over the last 20 years in quantitative/demographic terms. The article also attempts to assess, within the framework of qualitative/cultural changes, the current and potential changes and transformations in the methodological practices of the discipline, as well as in the discipline’s present and future basic fields of interest and study. To this end, and within the scope of discussions in the literature regarding the feminization of certain academic disciplines, the article focuses on where sociology in Turkey currently stands in this respect, and on possible future scenarios regarding this discipline. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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11. Human rights equals human survival?
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Polanska, Kasia
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HUMAN rights ,CRITICAL theory ,POLITICAL sociology ,SOCIAL movements ,SOCIOLOGY - Abstract
This essay reviews two works that offer both similar and different visions of what the sociology of human rights should entail. Both offer accounts of how sociology, by being inherently interested in studying and uncovering power relations in society, is a particularly useful perspective through which to analyze human rights. While providing a rigorous analysis of a variety of global human rights issues, the authors point to some critical problems and challenges to human rights implementation. They also show how these can be overcome to ensure not only the observance of human rights but also human survival. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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12. Between ‘class project’ and individualization: The stratification of Europeans’ transnational activities.
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Delhey, Jan, Deutschmann, Emanuel, and Cirlanaru, Katharina
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SOCIAL stratification ,SOCIOLOGY ,SOCIETIES ,ECONOMIC development ,SOCIAL development - Abstract
In sociological transnationalization research, it is conventional wisdom that the upper strata are more involved in cross-border activities than the lower ones. However, proponents of the individualization/death-of-class thesis have argued that the significance of class (and of inequalities in general) for people’s actions is declining in affluent societies. Using these theories as a point of departure, this article investigates the influence of class and inequalities, more generally, on transnational activity. Using Eurobarometer 73.3 data from 27 European countries, this article examines (a) the extent to which class determines, by itself, in conjunction with other inequalities, and relative to heterogeneities, transnational practices within countries; and (b) how much the social gradient of transnational activity produced by class and inequalities varies across countries, and whether socioeconomic development tends to decrease or increase this gradient. The findings show that, in most countries, heterogeneities explain more variance in transnational activity than class, but not more variance than inequalities as more generally conceived. Further, social gradients in transnational activity are systematically larger in more affluent European countries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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13. For a global sociology.
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Li, Junpeng
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AUTHORSHIP ,BOOK reviewing ,SOCIAL scientists ,PUBLISHING ,SOCIOLOGY - Abstract
The author discusses diversity of its coverage and authorship and mentions expressions of interest in reviewing book and writing review essay from social scientists. Topics discussed include catalogues of books from publishers asking review copies and writing email inviting contributions, contact publishers and sociologists working in different language and forum for global sociology.
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- 2019
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14. Excellent and meaningful sociology from all over the world.
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Soler-Gallart, Marta
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SOCIOLOGY ,SOCIOLOGICAL research ,SOCIOLOGISTS - Abstract
The author discusses the effort of the periodical in searching best sociological work worldwide. He states that sociology has offered analysis for both the understanding and the transformation of society. He states that the periodical has launched a social network site Facebook and Twitter accounts, and it also invite sociologists and scholars from other fields who engage with sociology to contribute to the periodical's research work.
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- 2015
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