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WITTGENSTEIN, FAMILY RESEMBLANCES AND THE THEORY OF CLASSIFICATION
Hugh V. McLachlanRecently there has been much discussion of the relevance to sociology of Wittgenstein's philosophy. In this discussion, reference has been made to Wittgenstein's remarks on…
ACCOUNTING FOR DEVIANCE
Gordon MarshallSociologists of crime and deviance have devoted considerable time and effort, in recent years, to the study of deviants' accounts of their activities. There are good reasons why…
THEORY TESTING: THE LESSONS OF THE HERZBERG CONTROVERSY
Kevin J. RussellTheory testing is part of sociological analysis and the procedural aspects of problem solving are bounded, to a certain extent, by an “explicit set of operations” (Dubin, 1969)…
THE SHAPING OF A WORK FORCE: A CRITIQUE OF THE AFFLUENT WORKER STUDY
Margaret GriecoThe affluent worker study has held sway as one of the most important works, if not the most important work in British sociology over the last decade. Its findings remain…
MARGINAL POLITICS, CULTURAL IDENTITIES AND THE CLERGY IN SCOTLAND
Bryan S. TurnerIt is now fashionable to suggest that the Celtic regions of the United Kingdom are the internal colonies of the central English state and that they have been, particularly since…
REVIEW ARTICLE: A New Absolutism: Christian Sociology in Alan Storkey A Christian Social Perspective, Inter‐Varsity Press, 1979
Steve BruceTen years ago Robert Bellah offered his symbolic realism perspective as an alternative to the classic social science treatment of religion that involved explaining religion by…
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