Sociology

The Constant Diplomat: Neil Smelser, 1930-2017
News
October 18, 2017

The Constant Diplomat: Neil Smelser, 1930-2017

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Reimagining the UK Sociology Curriculum: Internationalization, Decolonialization and Employability
News
July 13, 2017

Reimagining the UK Sociology Curriculum: Internationalization, Decolonialization and Employability

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Sociologist of the Spiritual: Peter Berger, 1929-2017
Impact
July 11, 2017

Sociologist of the Spiritual: Peter Berger, 1929-2017

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British Sociology and the Conservative Backlash: A Sociology of Sociology More Necessary than Ever
Higher Education Reform
June 14, 2017

British Sociology and the Conservative Backlash: A Sociology of Sociology More Necessary than Ever

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In Search of Conservative Sociology

In Search of Conservative Sociology

As sociology has drifted further and further from any conservative touchstones, argues Robert Dingwall, it has become less and less able to understand the society that provides its subsistence.

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Not What It Used to Be: Academic Capitalism and Sociological Futures in the UK

Not What It Used to Be: Academic Capitalism and Sociological Futures in the UK

Sociology today, argues our Daniek Nehring, is defined by a fundamental contradiction between its everyday labor practices and its imaginary ethos.

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What Does the Future Hold for the UK’s Oldest Sociology Journal?

What Does the Future Hold for the UK’s Oldest Sociology Journal?

The incoming and the outgoing editors of Britain’s oldest sociology journal discuss what the future holds for the journal and what challenges face sociology in current times.

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Sociology’s (Selective) Diversity

Sociology’s (Selective) Diversity

Our Robert Dingwall reflects on Tinder’s in-house sociologist and on the just-announced New Year’s Honours list to question just how diverse are current understandings of diversity.

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The Sociology of Brexit

The Sociology of Brexit

Public conversations about Britain’s EU membership could have involved wide-ranging discussions of British and European politics, economics and society, argues our Daniel Nehring. They did not. Instead, they were dominated by oversimplifications, stereotypes and lies.

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Response to Nehring: What’s the Point of British Sociology?

Response to Nehring: What’s the Point of British Sociology?

Rebutting Daniel Nehring’s recent post asking if sociology still matters in Britain, Robert Dingwall responds that sociology does have a good story to tell about itself, even in the age of austerity.

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Does Sociology Still Matter in Britain?

Does Sociology Still Matter in Britain?

Daniel Nehring sees a fundamental contradiction between the critically engaged scholarship on social inequalities and power structures that British sociologists still produce and the thoroughly financialized, individualistic, and highly competitive organisational logics of the universities in which they work.

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Social Science’s Impact on Society, Circa 2065: Kristin Hübner

Social Science’s Impact on Society, Circa 2065: Kristin Hübner

Social Science Space is presenting 10 shortlisted essays written by young social scientists in an ESRC competition looking at how social science might change the world in the next half century. This week we present Kristin Hübner’s discussion on how feminist theory may erase socially constructed ideas about what gender is and how it functions.

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