Bogen udkom i USA i 1963 og fremstår stadig som den mest skarpsindige undersøgelse om ukonventionelle individer og deres position i det ”normale” samfund. Bogen foreligger nu i en opdateret 2.... Læs mere
I Outsidere forklarer Becker, hvordan afvigelse først og fremmest handler om andres reaktioner. Et individ bliver stemplet som afviger, når andre observerer hans eller hendes opførsel og... Læs mere
Dette er en indsigtsfuld metodologisk refleksionsbog, der inkarnerer en række forskningsdyder – alt fra skeptisk efterprøvning, grundighed og ydmyghed til praktisk snilde og forestillingsmæssig... Læs mere
Draws on a lifetime of sociological research and wisdom to show, in helpful detail, how to use a variety of kinds of cases to build sociological knowledge. The author provides a guide that researchers can use to produce general sociological knowledge through case studies.
Serves as a sociological examination of art which explores the cooperative network of suppliers, performers, dealers, critics, and consumers who - along with the... Læs mere
This guide to research methods covers four areas of social science: the creation of "imagery" to guide research; methods of... Læs mere
Based on three years of detailed anthropological observation, this account of undergraduate culture portrays students' academic relations to faculty and administration as one of subjection
Howard S. Becker is a leading contemporary sociologist who interprets society as collective action and sociology, therefore, as the study of collective action. This volume explores the theory and methods necessary to study collective action and social interaction
Based on three years of detailed anthropological observation, this account of undergraduate culture portrays students' academic relations to faculty and administration as one of subjection
Now regarded as a classic, Boys in White is of vital interest to medical educators and sociologists.By daily interviews and observations in classes, wards, laboratories, and operating... Læs mere
„Der Mensch mit abweichendem Verhalten ist ein Mensch, auf den diese Bezeichnung erfolgreich angewandt worden ist;