Bøger af Howard Saul Becker

Draws on a lifetime of sociological research and wisdom to show, in helpful detail, how to use a variety of kinds of cases to build sociological knowledge. The author provides a guide that researchers can use to produce general sociological knowledge through case studies.

Explores the unconventional ways we communicate what we know about society to others. This book explores the many ways knowledge about society can be shared and interpreted through different forms of telling such as fiction, films, photographs, maps, mathematical models - many of which remain outside the boundaries of conventional social science.

Everett C Hughes had a great impact on the field of sociology as a whole and on an entire generation of sociologists. This book contains essays that address the main themes in his work over the years, and illustrates Hughes' impact on the contributors, many of whom are themselves senior figures in the field.

Everett C Hughes had a great impact on the field of sociology as a whole and on an entire generation of sociologists. This book contains essays that address the main themes in his work over the years, and illustrates Hughes' impact on the contributors, many of whom are themselves senior figures in the field.