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Medical Sociology

Medical Sociology, 2021
The most comprehensive major academic textbook available on its topic, this classic text presents the most important research studies in the field. The author integrates engaging first-person accounts from patients, physicians, and other health care ...
W. Cockerham
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Sociology of Childhood

The SAGE Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood Studies, 2020
The sociology of childhood has been used increasingly as a theoretical perspective in early childhood education since the late 1980s. In Australia, those who draw on the sociology of childhood have tended to use it in similar ways to European ...
S. Grieshaber
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Sociology of Sport

Introduction to the Sociology of Sport, 2021
Sport is popularly considered as a sphere separate from 'important' aspects of social and political dynamics. Sociological and anthropological studies have proven the opposite: both active and passive involvements in competitive sports take part in ...
Tamir Sorek
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Handbook of Theory and Research for the Sociology of Education

, 1986
The first of its kind, this handbook synthesizes major advances in the sociology of education over the past several decades. It incorporates both a systematic review of significant theoretical and empirical work and challenging original contributions by ...
J. Richardson
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Social Capital: Its Origins and Applications in Modern Sociology

, 1998
This paper reviews the origins and definitions of social capital in the writings of Bourdieu, Loury, and Coleman, among other authors. It distinguishes four sources of social capital and examines their dynamics.
A. Portes
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Some Elements of a Sociology of Translation: Domestication of the Scallops and the Fishermen of St Brieuc Bay

, 1984
This paper outlines a new approach to the study of power, that of the sociology of translation. Starting from three principles, those of agnosticism (impartiality between actors engaged in controversy), generalised symmetry (the commitment to explain ...
M. Callon
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