Tying Micro and Macro

What Fills up the Sociological Vacuum?

von Mikołaj Pawlak

272 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This study critically discusses the thesis on the sociological vacuum formulated by Stefan Nowak. The author’s aim is to refute the claim that the sociological vacuum is relevant for major social processes occurring in Poland. He presents the sociological vacuum in the context of the debate on micro and macro levels and discusses how the theory of fields and social network analysis is useful to reconcile the micro-macro divide. The book considers the uses of the sociological vacuum in explaining such phenomena as the Solidarność social movement, civil society, social capital, and democracy. In the empirical part, the author confronts the data on identifications with the data on relations and claims that the vacuum is not in the society but it in sociology.

• Reihe: Studies in Philosophy, Culture and Contemporary Society
• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie und Anthropologie Soziologie Sozialtheorie
• ISBN: 9783631665930
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.05.2018
• Größe: 21 x 14.8 cm
• Verlag: Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften