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Hardcover The Impossible Science: An Institutional Analysis of American Sociology Book

ISBN: 0803938381

ISBN13: 9780803938380

The Impossible Science: An Institutional Analysis of American Sociology

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What accounts for American sociology′s diversity, its broad and eclectic research agenda, its lack of unifying paradigms, and its overall weakness as an institutional force in both academia and the policy arena? Stephen Park Turner and Jonathan H. Turner critically examine the discipline, tracing its historical roots back to the Civil War. In their comprehensive analysis, the authors point out the "accidents" in the history of the discipline...

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