The various forms and developments of structuralist thought, broadly conceived, constitute one of the most fruitful and influential intellectual traditions within the social sciences, one which is ...

This course reviews some of the most important developments in contemporary sociological theory. It examines work in such areas as relational sociology; rational-choice theory and ethnomethodology; ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The aim of this article is to provide a selective account of some of the most important conceptual contributions of the Latin American ...

The ascendant model of the school in the specialist administrative and organisational literature is the 'loosely coupled' system. There are, however, ambiguities in the way this model has been applied ...

Professor Kane’s research and teaching interests encompass inequalities of race, class, gender and sexuality; poverty policy; gender and family; sociology of childhood; research methods; public ...