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Sociology --- Sociology. --- Social theory --- Social sciences --- Sociological research --- Research.

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Theory for the Working Sociologist makes social theory easy to understand by revealing sociology's hidden playbook. Fabio Rojas argues that sociologists use four different theoretical "moves" when they try to explain the social world: they explain how groups defend their status, how people strategically pursue their goals, how values and institutions support each other, and how people create their social reality. Rojas uses famous sociological studies to illustrate these four types of theory and show how students and researchers may apply them to their interests. The guiding light of the book is the concept of the "social mechanism," which clearly and succinctly links causes and effects in social life.Drawing on dozens of empirical studies that define modern sociology and focusing on the nuts and bolts of social explanation, Rojas reveals how areas of study within the field of sociology that at first glance seem dissimilar are, in fact, linked by shared theoretical underpinnings. In doing so, he elucidates classical and contemporary theory, and connects both to essential sociological findings made throughout the history of the field. Aimed at undergraduate students, graduate students, journalists, and interested general readers who want a more formal way to understand social life, Theory for the Working Sociologist presents the underlying themes of sociological thought using contemporary research and plain language.

Sociology. --- Sociology --- Sociological research --- Social theory --- Social sciences --- Research. --- #SBIB:316.21H00 --- 316 <035> --- Research --- Theoretische sociologie: inleidingen op de huidige toestand --- Sociologie --(algemeen)--Grote handboeken. Compendia --- 316 <035> Sociologie --(algemeen)--Grote handboeken. Compendia

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This book offers a unique and much-needed interrogation of the broader questions surrounding international performance research which are pertinent to the present and the future of Theatre and Performance studies. Marking the completion of eight years of the Erasmus Mundus MA Programme in International Performance Research (MAIPR) - a programme run jointly by the universities of Warwick (UK), Amsterdam (Netherlands), Helsinki/Tampere (Finland), Arts in Belgrade (Serbia), and Trinity College Dublin (Ireland) - the essays in this volume take stock of the achievements, insights and challenges of what international performance research is or ought to be about. By reflecting on the discipline of Performance Studies using the MAIPR programme as a case study in point, the volume addresses the broader question of the critical link between the discipline of Performance Studies and humanities education in general, examining their interactions in the contemporary university in the context of globalisation.

Culture --- Theater. --- Arts. --- Sociology --- Communication. --- Sociology. --- Mass media. --- Cultural and Media Studies. --- Theatre and Performance Studies. --- Creativity and Arts Education. --- Research Methodology. --- Media Research. --- Mass communication --- Media, Mass --- Media, The --- Social theory --- Communication, Primitive --- Sociological research --- Arts, Fine --- Arts, Occidental --- Arts, Western --- Fine arts --- Dramatics --- Histrionics --- Professional theater --- Stage --- Theatre --- Cultural studies --- Study and teaching. --- Research. --- Communication --- Social sciences --- Humanities --- Performing arts --- Acting --- Actors --- Theater --- Theater and society. --- Society and theater --- Theater research --- Theatrical research --- Social status --- Social aspects --- Sociology-Research. --- Art education. --- Sociology—Research. --- Art --- Art education --- Education, Art --- Art schools --- Analysis, interpretation, appreciation --- Education --- Arts, Primitive

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In contrast to other studies on identity, this book takes its point of departure in the complexities that characterize and shape both individuals and societies – past and present. Its chapters challenge demarcated fields of study and conceptions of identity as gender, identity as functional disability, identity as race, and identity as, or based upon language groupings. The contributions take a social practices perspective in their exploration of the performance, living and doing of identity positions across time and space. Many of the contributions take an intersectional stance and the majority report upon empirically driven studies that examine the ways in which micro-level analyses of naturally occurring human communication contribute to our understanding of identification processes. Specifically, they study the ways in which more recent dialogical and social theoretical-analytical frameworks allow for attending to the complexity and dynamics of identity processes; the ways in which institutional settings, media settings, community of practices and affinity spaces provide affordances and obstacles for different types of identity positions; and the ways in which shifts in identity positions can be traced across time and space.

Identity (Philosophical concept) --- Identity --- Social sciences. --- Medical research. --- Sociology. --- Sociology --- Quality of life. --- Sex (Psychology). --- Gender expression. --- Gender identity. --- Social Sciences. --- Methodology of the Social Sciences. --- Gender Studies. --- Quality of Life Research. --- Research Methodology. --- Sex identity (Gender identity) --- Sexual identity (Gender identity) --- Identity (Psychology) --- Sex (Psychology) --- Queer theory --- Expression, Gender --- Sex role --- Psychology, Sexual --- Sex --- Sexual behavior, Psychology of --- Sexual psychology --- Sensuality --- Life, Quality of --- Economic history --- Human ecology --- Life --- Social history --- Basic needs --- Human comfort --- Social accounting --- Work-life balance --- Sociological research --- Social theory --- Social sciences --- Biomedical research --- Medical research --- Behavioral sciences --- Human sciences --- Sciences, Social --- Social science --- Social studies --- Civilization --- Research. --- Psychological aspects --- Developmental psychology. --- Quality of Life --- Sociology-Research. --- Development (Psychology) --- Developmental psychobiology --- Psychology --- Life cycle, Human --- Methodology. --- Sociology—Research.