| Description |
ix, 273 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction : sociologists in a global age / Mathien Deflem -- 1. Unfinished work : the career of a European sociologist / Martin Albrow -- 2. Going global / Karin Knorr Cetina -- 3. Between worlds : marginalities, comparisons, sociology / Joachim J. Savelsberg -- 4. The urban is political : my journey from the Midwestern suburbs to the world's largest cities (and back?) / Diane E. Davis -- 5. Going digging in the shadow of master categories / Saskia Sassen -- 6. Sociology - passion and profession / Richard Munch -- 7. The making and remaking of a sociologist / Ewa Morawska -- 8. A serendipitous career / Leon Grunberg -- 9. Towards a more democratic and just society : an experience of a sociologist from Korea / Hyun-Chin Lim -- 10. Building a relational theory of society : a sociological journey / Pierpaolo Donati -- 11. For a better quality of life / Ruut Veenhoven -- 12. Coming in from the cold : my road from socialism to sociology / Piotr Sztompka -- 13. My sociological practices and commuting identities / Eiko Ikegami -- 14. A journey into sociology / Horst J. Helle -- 15. My efforts to explore the secret of Chinese development / Tiankui Jing -- 16. Have sociological passport, will travel / Edward A. Tiryakian |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Sociologists -- Biography.
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Sociology.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Author |
Deflem, Mathieu.
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| LC no. |
2006033547 |
| ISBN |
0754670376 (hbk.) |
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9780754670377 (hbk.) |
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