Katherine Twamley & Mark Doidge 
Sociologists’ Tales [EPUB ebook] 
Contemporary Narratives on Sociological Thought and Practice

Foreword ~ Judith Mudd;

Introduction ~ Mark Doidge, Katherine Twamley and Andrea Scott;

Part 1 What can sociology do?;

The sociologist as voyeur ~ Liza Schuster;

Why sociology?

Mark Featherstone;

Sociology as a science/technology of freedom ~ Zygmunt Bauman;

Why sociology matters ~ Anthony Giddens;

Passion, curiosity and integrity ~ Beverley Skeggs;

Sociology as democratic knowledge ~ John Holmwood;

Pushing at the boundaries of the discipline: politics, personal life and the psychosocial ~ Sasha Roseneil in conversation with Katherine Twamley;

Growing up as a sociologist in rural Shropshire ~ John D Brewer;

On the right-of-way ~ Judith Burnett;

Living sociology ~ Les Back in conversation with Katherine Twamley;

Part 2 What does it mean to be a sociologist?;

Sociology for some, someone’s sociology ~ Yvette Taylor;

Imagining social science ~ Ann Oakley;

From accidental to ambitious sociology ~ Linsey Mc Goey;

Sociographer by design? Boundary crossings and interdisciplinarity ~ Yvonne Robinson;

I am a sociologist, but what exactly is a sociologist and how do you become one? ~ Claire Maxwell;

Sociology: from committing to being? ~ Paul Hodkinson;

Drift, opportunity, and commitment: the shaping of a professional career ~ John Scott;

A passion for empirical sociology ~ Eileen Green;

Me, myself and sociology ~ Gayle Letherby;

Turning to the psychosocial: drawing on sociology to address societal issues ~ Ann Phoenix;

Part 3 How does one become a sociologist?;

A long haul ~ Berry Mayall;

Putting sociology to work in the NHS ~ Jocelyn Cornwell in conversation with Mark Doidge;

Clinging to the precipice: travails of a contract researcher in sociology ~ Mel Bartley;

The pursuit of a sociological career overseas and the navigation of an outsider perspective ~ Lara Killick;

Tales from the field: applied policy research and the sociological imagination ~ Carol Mc Naughton Nicholls;

What sociology means to me: exploring, imagining and challenging ~ Kate Woodthorpe;

Social science which engages with the real world ~ Anthony Heath in conversation with Andrea Scott;

A sporting chance? Notes on an ongoing career in the sociology of sport ~ Richard Giulianotti;

Sociology: involvement and detachment ~ Robert Mears;

A career spent orbiting sociology ~ Eric Harrison;

Researching children’s lives: on becoming and being a sociologist in education ~ Daniela Sime;

Following my star ~ Jeffrey Weeks in conversation with Andrea Scott;

‘The epoch of belief … the epoch of incredulity’ ~ Howard Wollman.

Dr Andrea Scott is senior lecturer in the Sport Development and Management Department at the University of Chichester. Her research interests largely relate to healthcare practices in sport