Sociology

Sociology emerged in response to the problem of social order in modern society in the wake of the American and French Revolutions and the rise of industrialism and market capitalism. Sociology had its roots in the theories of August Comte and Herbert Spencer and in empirical work previously conducted by census bureaus, state labor boards, and reform organizations. By the 1880s, sociologists had perceived a threat in the alliance with biology: It undercut the need for a separate discipline and, in Spencer\u27s laissez-faire version, tainted the discipline among social reformers and other constituencies crucial to its success. In Dynamic Sociology, the American Lester Frank Ward addressed both issues. On the surface, American and European sociology during the interwar decades was a study in contrasts. The 1960s spelled the end of \u27modern\u27 sociology. In the United States, Parsons\u27s hegemony and Merton\u27s \u27middle range\u27 compromise gave way to a politically charged humanist/positivist divide

Pakhtun Social Structure and Its Impacts on Womenas Education

The current study analyze the social structural dimension of Pakhtun society emphasizing on the cultural economic physical religious and political factors to women s education A quantitative approach was adopted and the data was collected from 323 male and female respondents of eight Union Councils of District Dir lower using stratified random sampling proportionate method and interview schedule The data was analyzed using SPSS and discussion was made over the collected data The empirical results show that there exists a strong relationship between the structural impediments including system of patriarchy male dominance customs and traditions religious misinterpretation feudalism etc and women s education The analysis further suggested that a comprehensive strategy including provision of education the role of mass media policy making in regard to women s empowerment and religious knowledge and the role of religious leader is basic for brining equality at the educational sphere

UA68/10 Newsletter, Vol. 1, No. 2

Newsletter created by the WKU Sociology Department regarding faculty activities, student honors and awards

UA68/10/1 Sociological Symposium No. 6 – Adolescence

Table of Contents: Cogswell, Betty E. Communication with Adolescents: A Study of Sex Information Sessions Dickinson, George E. Sex Information Sources of Black & White Adolescents in a Southern Community Huth, Mary Jo. Drug Abuse & American Youth Levin, Martin L. Intra-Familial Patterns of Political Socialization: The Model of Male Dominance Re-examined Newman, John J. & Martin L. Levin. Patterns of Agreement Between Adolescents & Their Parents on Adolescent Rules Schwartz, Michael. Education & Adolescent Adjustment Wilkinson, Doris Y. Racial Beliefs of White Adolescents: An Exploratory Inquiry Wells, J. Gipson. A Selected Bibliography on the Sociology of Adolescenc

UA68/10/1 Sociological Symposium No. 2 – Supplement to the Sociology of the Elderly

Table of Contents: Sister M. Ann Amen. Book Review of Marvin R. Koller’s Social Gerontology Hepler, Harold R. A Coordinated & Supplementary Bibliography on the Sociology of the Elderl

3. Sociology

Sociology is one of the sciences of human behavior that has grown out of Enlightenment thought. In its present method and theory there is substantially nothing that was not anticipated by gifted seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth century thinkers and their intellectual offspring in the Enlightenment tradition. From particular aspects of the grand theoretical syntheses that were characteristic of these centuries, a process of refinement and specialization has produced the sociology of the present day. [excerpt

Teaching Sociology within the Speech and Language Therapy Curriculum

In the United Kingdom, the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists suggests that sociology should be included within the speech and language therapy curriculum. However, in spite of this, sociology is seldom given priority. Although the role of sociology with the curricula of other professions has been discussed, the role of sociology within speech and language therapy has not. Given the contemporary climate of competence-based training, the position of subjects such as sociology is being compromised. This paper sets out three reasons in support of including sociology within speech and language therapy by drawing on the distinction between a ""personal education"" and a ""semantic conjunction"" model of the relationship between theory and professional practice. First, it is argued that sociology makes a valid contribution to an holistic approach to care–which is rapidly becoming the cornerstone of speech and language therapy practice. Second, this paper suggests that the inherent reflexivity within the discipline provides health professionals with an invaluable tool with which to engage in reflexive practice. Finally, it is argued that given the global emphasis on evidence-based practice, the study of sociology and sociological research methods equips therapists to interpret and conduct empirical research. This paper concludes by arguing that sociology should be viewed as an essential component of the speech and language therapy curriculum

The ghost of Patrick Geddes:civics as applied sociology

In 1904 and 1905 Patrick Geddes (1905, 1906) read his famed, but today little-read, two-part paper, 'Civics: as Applied Sociology', to the first meetings of the British Sociological Society. Geddes is often thought of as a 'pioneer of sociology' (Mairet, 1957;Meller, 1990) and for some (egDevine, 1999: 296) as 'a seminal influence on sociology'. However, little of substance has been written to critically assess Geddes's intellectual legacy as a sociologist. His work is largely forgotten by sociologists in Britain (Abrams, 1968;Halliday, 1968;Evans, 1986). Few have been prepared to follow Geddes's ambition to bridge the chasm between nature and culture, environment and society, geography, biology and sociology. His conception of 'sociology', oriented towards social action from a standpoint explicitly informed by evolutionary theory. A re-appraisal of the contemporary relevance of Geddes's thinking on civics as applied sociology has to venture into the knotted problem of evolutionary sociology. It also requires giving some cogency to Geddes's often fragmentary and inconsistent mode of address. Although part of a post-positivist, 'larger modernism' Geddes remained mired in nineteenth century evolutionary thought and fought shy of dealing with larger issues of social class or the breakthrough work of early twentieth century sociology of Simmel, Weber and Durkheim. His apolitical notion of 'civics' limits its relevance to academic sociology today