This book is about sociologies around the world. Viewed from a global perspective, this research-based study examines the world of sociology and its global features and trends. Sociology as a discipline has a history of two centuries which has varied between countries. Its presence across the world is felt more than ever. Over the years, sociology has been established as a discipline and contributed to the advancement of knowledge about society through scientific research. This facilitated the development of knowledge in other areas and disciplines as well. What sociology is doing globally, the contributions it has made to the knowledge of society and social phenomena, and the direction in which it is moving are of interest to both academics and the public. Specifically, the book deals with the trends in sociology; the broad and general areas of fields, subfields and research areas; the prominent, flourishing, emerging and/or declining areas of sociology; the origin of sociological knowledge; geographical regions and countries; the characteristics of global sociology in terms of language, research methodology, disciplinary backgrounds, interdisciplinarity and authorship; the relationships between the country of affiliation of authors and research areas; the effects of gender of the author and its interrelationships with the discipline, department, research areas and collaboration. The book will be an important resource for students, teachers, practitioners, researchers and the public.
Table of Content
List of Figures and Tables; List of Abbreviations and Acronyms; Preface; Sociology Global; Mapping Sociology; A Global Spectrum of Sociology; Issues in Sociology; Research Interests; Sociological Research: Analysis of Publications; Sociological Interests Today; Confronting Challenges and Transcending the Borders; Chapter Summary and Keywords; References; Index
About the author
R Sooryamoorthy is Professor of Sociology at the University of Kwa Zulu-Natal, South Africa. He is also Research Fellow at the DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in STI Policy, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. He is the author of Sociology in South Africa (Palgrave, 2016) and co-editor of The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Africa (Oxford University Press, 2022).
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