Getting Sociology Right: A Half-Century of Reflections

By Neil J. Smelser

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Neil J. Smelser, one of the most important and influential American sociologists, traces the discipline of sociology from 1969 to the early twenty-first century in Getting Sociology Right: A Half-Century of Reflections. Examining sociology as a vocation and building on the work of Talcott Parsons, Smelser discusses his views on the discipline of sociology and shows how his perspective of the field evolved in the postwar era.

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0520282078

ISBN13:9780520282070

Release Date:April 2014

Publisher:University of California Press

Length:336 Pages

Weight:1.25 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 6.1" x 9.0"

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