If I wanted to be controversial, as a sociologist, I might say that serial murder is “functional” for society. However, a less inflammatory way to say the same thing is that serial murder can be ...
This course reviews some of the most important developments in contemporary sociological theory. It examines work in such areas as relational sociology; rational-choice theory and ethnomethodology; ...
Ecology and Society, Vol. 18, No. 3 (Sep 2013) (15 pages) ABSTRACT. Efforts to develop extensive forest-based climate change vulnerability assessments have informed proposed management and policy ...
American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 78, No. 1, Varieties of Political Expression in Sociology (Jul., 1972), pp. 67-104 (38 pages) Various critiques of American sociology, most recently that of Alvin ...
The aim of this course is to explore some general trends in modern sociological theory by focusing on the way in which agency-structure linkages are conceptualized in three major traditions: the ...
The discipline and practice of education has largely been circumscribed within discussions privileging its role and importance in the growth and development of a country’s social and economic status.
On Wednesday 28 February, the School of Environment, Education and Development and guests celebrated the appointment to professorship of Steven Courtney, Professor of Sociology of Education Leadership ...