Conduct: Sociology and Social Worlds - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 071907813X ISBN 13: 9780719078132

Publisher: Manchester University Press, 2008

Synopsis

The sociology of conduct is a well-established research field comprising Foucauldian studies on government, power and the individual; sociological approaches to social ordering exemplified in the work of theorists including Max Weber, Norbert Elias and Pierre Bordieu; and the symbolic interactionist work of theorists like G.H. Mead and Erving Goffman. The distinctiveness of this new book, one of three set texts for the new Open University course Making Social Worlds, resides in bringing together canonical sociological figures in a text that is designed to tackle fundamental questions about the social character of ordered and extremely disordered conduct, and which is aimed primarily at undergraduates.

The book offers an innovative perspective on how individual behavior is socially patterned. It draws in part on the massive recent explosion of self--help manuals, television shows, and internet sites designed to produce and sanction particular forms of behavior. It also taps into the enduring fascination with situations in which extreme and violent conduct is widespread. As such, it offers a unique sociological perspective on both mundane and extreme conduct.

About this title

About the Author:

Liz McFall is Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at The Open University. Paul du Gay is Professor of Sociology and Organizational Studies and Co--Director of the Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance at The Open University. Simon Carter is a Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at The Open University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 071907813X
• ISBN 13: 9780719078132
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: McFall Liz, Du Gay Paul, Carter Simon