Discrimination: <i>Methodological controversies and sociological perspectives on future research</i>

Reflections on Reflexivity: Sociological Issues and Perspectives

Reflexivity is actually a key term in the dramatic and rapid changes confronted by the human sciences (especially sociology) during the last four decades and “yet the word is used in so many different senses that it often sustains confusion rather than clarifying any underlying issues” (Holland, 1999: 463). In general, reflexivity was comprehensively defined by George Herbert Mead as “the turni...

Socialization in Sociological Perspectives

Abstract The chapter outlines the basic concepts and theories of socialization in sociology, and relates them to different arenas and agents of socialization, ranging from family and peers to modern media. The chapter examines socialization in light of social structures, social class and cultural patterns, emphasizing the strength of the culture of the taken-for-granted, as well as the child as...

Introduction to the special section on "Hormones and cognition: perspectives, controversies, and challenges for future research".

The research of the past two decades has firmly established that hormones modulate numerous aspects of cognitive function, including memory, attention, decision-making, and sensory processing. That such a wide variety of hormones influence cognition mediated by multiple nonhypothalamic brain regions illustrates the critical importance of hormones to neural and cognitive function. The diversity ...

Membrane Engineering: Future Perspectives

Institutional and Sociological Perspectives on Parliamentary Behaviour and Party Cohesion

and Background: This is the penultimate empirical chapter of my dissertation (indeed, it is still structured as a chapter rather than a standalone paper). The dissertation itself investigates what factors lead Members of Parliament to toe the party line or to dissent. In the aggregate, this amounts to asking what factors foster or undermine party cohesion. Previous chapters demonstrated that a ...