Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents iii
3. Acknowledgements vi
4. Foreword vii
5. Introduction 1
6. What can sociology do?
7. The sociologist as voyeur 17
8. Why sociology? 23
9. Sociology as a science/technology of freedom 29
10. Why sociology matters 35
11. Passion, curiosity and integrity 41
12. Sociology as democratic knowledge 49
13. Pushing at the boundaries of the discipline: politics, personal life and the psychosocial 55
14. Growing up as a sociologist in rural Shropshire 71
15. On the right-of-way 77
16. Living sociology 83
17. What does it mean to be a sociologist?
18. Sociology for some, someone’s sociology… 99
19. Imagining social science 109
20. From accidental to ambitious sociology 117
21. Sociographer by design? Boundary crossings and interdisciplinarity 123
22. ‘I am a sociologist’; but what exactly is a sociologist and how do you become one? 129
23. Sociology: from committing to being? 135
24. Drift, opportunity and commitment: the shaping of a professional career 143
25. A passion for empirical sociology 153
26. Me, myself and sociology 163
27. Turning to the psychosocial: drawing on sociology to address societal issues 171
28. How does one become a sociologist?
29. A long haul 181
30. Putting sociology to work in the NHS 187
31. Clinging to the precipice: travails of a contract researcher in sociology 197
32. The pursuit of a sociological career overseas and the navigation of an outsider perspective 205
33. Tales from the field: applied policy research and the sociological imagination 213
34. What sociology means to me: exploring, imagining and challenging 219
35. Social science which engages with the real world 225
36. A sporting chance? Notes on an ongoing career in the sociology of sport 235
37. Sociology: involvement and detachment 243
38. A career spent orbiting sociology 251
39. Researching children’s lives: on becoming and being a sociologist in education 257
40. Following my star 263
41. ‘The epoch of belief…the epoch of incredulity’ 273
42. Recommended readings 279
43. Resources for readers 287
44. Index 291