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Klappentext The history of sociology -- outside of accounts of the thought and influence of such founding figures as Marx, Durkheim and Weber -- remains relatively little examined. With an increasing emphasis on the globalization of research and knowledge, there is a growing need for scholars to understand the context of disciplinary development in other countries. In this book an international team of authors consider the nature of sociology and its development in a range of countries. Concentrating on the period since 1945, they show how the intellectual and institutional history of sociology has varied widely. Key differences in the nature of sociology -- the stress on quantitative methods in American sociology, the growing influence of social philosophy on British and other Western European works, and the specific features of the discipline in the socialist and in the developing countries -- are exposed and assessed. The book will be essential reading for scholars in the history and theory of sociology and for all those interested in the comparative understanding of social scientific research. Inhaltsverzeichnis National Sociological Traditions and Internationalization of Sociology - Nikolai Genov Australian Sociology and Its Historical Environment - Diane Austin-Broos Canadian Sociology on the World Scene - David Millett The Development of Sociology in Columbia - Gonzalo Catano and Gabriel Restrepo The Development of Sociology in France after 1945 - Alain Drouard Sociology in the German Democratic Republic - Rudi Weidig Sociology in the Federal Republic of Germany - Johannes Weiss Tradition, Modernization, and Sociology (The Case of Hungary) - Kalman Kulcsar Indian Sociology or Sociology in India? - Ramkrishna Mukherjee Building National Sociological Tradition in an African Subregion - Akinsola Akiwowo Traditions and Specific Features of Sociology in the USSR - Vilen Ivanov and Gennadi Osipov Sociology in Britain after World War II - Martin Albrow American Sociology - Jonathan H Turner Its Growth and Contemporary Profile ...
