Concepts in Action : Conceptual Constructionism.

Intro -- Concepts in Action: Conceptual Constructionism -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Illustrations -- Notes on Contributors -- 1 Conceptual Constructionism: An Introduction -- 2 On the Near Disappearance of Concepts in Mainstream Sociology -- Part 1: Methodological Programs and Applications -- 3 What Do We Do with Norms-Conform, Break, Understand or Explain? -- 4 Colligation -- 5 Sensitizing Concepts in Action: Expanding the Framework -- Part 2: Culture, Nature and Consumption -- 6 Culture as a Sociological Concept -- 7 Bringing Nature Back In -- 8 The Study of Consumption in Sociology-Beyond Utility Theory -- Part 3: Social Structure, Organizations and Institutions -- 9 Social Structure -- 10 The Organization of Action -- 11 About Actors: An Institutional Perspective -- 12 The Family and Interwoven Concepts -- 13 Collective Action: Why is it so Difficult for the Social Sciences to Grasp the Rational Aspects of Collective Action? -- Part 4: Class, Gender, Race and Social Recognition -- 14 The Status of the Political in the Concept of Class Structure -- 15 Gender as Analytic, Political and Interdisciplinary Concept -- 16 Race: A Contested and Travelling Concept -- 17 Recognition: Conceptualization and Context -- Index.

Concepts in Action focuses on what to do with theoretical concepts, rather than providing conveyed definitions. The book covers a variety of examples what to do, how to think, in order to develop and use concepts in the social sciences.

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