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Author : John ROBINSON (One of the Secretaries of the London City Mission.)
Release : 1841
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Book Synopsis The Social Causes of Human Misery by : John ROBINSON (One of the Secretaries of the London City Mission.)
Download or read book The Social Causes of Human Misery written by John ROBINSON (One of the Secretaries of the London City Mission.). This book was released on 1841. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Barrington Moore
Release : 1972
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis Reflections on the Causes of Human Misery and Upon Certain Proposals to Eliminate Them by : Barrington Moore
Download or read book Reflections on the Causes of Human Misery and Upon Certain Proposals to Eliminate Them written by Barrington Moore. This book was released on 1972. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Iain Wilkinson
Release : 2016-01-26
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis A Passion for Society by : Iain Wilkinson
Download or read book A Passion for Society written by Iain Wilkinson. This book was released on 2016-01-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does human suffering mean for society? And how has this meaning changed from the past to the present? In what ways does “the problem of suffering” serve to inspire us to care for others? How does our response to suffering reveal our moral and social conditions? In this trenchant work, Arthur Kleinman—a renowned figure in medical anthropology—and Iain Wilkinson, an award-winning sociologist, team up to offer some answers to these profound questions. A Passion for Society investigates the historical development and current state of social science with a focus on how this development has been shaped in response to problems of social suffering. Following a line of criticism offered by key social theorists and cultural commentators who themselves were unhappy with the professionalization of social science, Wilkinson and Kleinman provide a critical commentary on how studies of society have moved from an original concern with social suffering and its amelioration to dispassionate inquiries. The authors demonstrate how social action through caring for others is revitalizing and remaking the discipline of social science, and they examine the potential for achieving greater understanding though a moral commitment to the practice of care for others. In this deeply considered work, Wilkinson and Kleinman argue for an engaged social science that connects critical thought with social action, that seeks to learn through caregiving, and that operates with a commitment to establish and sustain humane forms of society.
Author : Barrington Moore (Jr.)
Release : 1972
Genre : Social problems
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Author : Catherine E. Ross
Release : 2017-07-05
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis Social Causes of Psychological Distress by : Catherine E. Ross
Download or read book Social Causes of Psychological Distress written by Catherine E. Ross. This book was released on 2017-07-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A core interest of social science is the study of stratification--inequalities in income, power, and prestige. Few persons would care about such inequalities if the poor, powerless, and despised were as happy and fulfilled as the wealthy, powerful, and admired. Social research often springs from humanistic empathy and concern as much as from scholarly and scientific curiosity. An economist might observe that black Americans are disproportionately poor, and investigate racial differences in education, employment, and occupation that account for disproportionate poverty. A table comparing additional income blacks and whites can expect for each additional year of education is thus as interesting in its own right as any dinosaur bone or photo of Saturn. However, something more than curiosity underscores our interest in the table. Racial differences in status and income are a problem in the human sense. Inequality in misery makes social and economic inequality personally meaningful. There are two ways social scientists avoid advocacy in addressing issues of social stratification. The first way is to resist projecting personal beliefs, values, and responses as much as possible, while recognizing that the attempt is never fully successful. The second way is by giving the values of the subjects an expression in the research design. Typically, this takes the form of opinion or attitude surveys. Researchers ask respondents to rate the seriousness of crimes, the appropriateness of a punishment for a crime, the prestige of occupations, the fair pay for a job, or the largest amount of money a family can earn and not be poor, and so on. The aggregate judgments, and variations in judgments, represent the values of the subjects and not those of the researcher. They are objective facts with causes and consequences of interest in their own right. This work is an effort to move methodology closer to human concerns without sacrificing the scientific grounds of research as such. The
