the sociology of law is concerned with explaining the relationship between law and society and studying of the social organization of law (as an order or a system), the social interactions of legal practitioners and people in this area and the meaning that people actually give to sociolegal realities. among the founding fathers of sociology, max weber is one of the most famous thinkers that eve...

‘Symbolic Boundaries’ are the lines that include and define some people, groups, and things while excluding others. These distinctions can be expressed through normative interdictions (taboos), cultural attitudes and practices, and patterns of likes and dislikes. They play an important role in the creation of inequality and the exercise of power. The term ‘symbolic boundaries’ also refers to th...

The College of Health Professions was established in 1970. Programs of study are off e red in dental hygiene, health services management and community development, medical technology, nursing, physical therapy, physician assistant, and public health. The primary emphasis of the college’s health p rofessions programs is the preparation of entrylevel health professionals. A d d i t i o n a l l y,...

english translations of texts associated with arabic fiction remain largely unexplored from a sociological perspective. drawing on pierre bourdieu’s sociology, this paper aims to examine the genesis of arabic fiction translation into english as a socially situated activity. works of arabic fiction emerged in english translation in the early twentieth century. since then, this intellectual field...

The history of physiotherapy can be seen as a boundary conflict, the profession sought to first establish, then maintain, its distinctive professional identity. Traditional approaches sociology professions support this, seeing professionalization an ongoing process enclosure, encroachment, and conflict. Recent work, however, has emphasized fluidity collaborative nature projects, placed more emp...

The recent development of child guidance clinics and behavior research centers presents students of human nature and social relations with new opportunities and new problems. The history of science seems to demonstrate that whenever a body of theoretical knowledge becomes oriented and useful with reference to a concrete human problem a period of rapid development ensues. The evidence for such a...