Matthias Wingens
Sociological Life Course Research
Sociological Life Course Research
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Sociological life course research has emerged as an important field of study since the 1960s, examining the connection between social change, social structures, and individual life histories. This research perspective was revitalized in the 1960s and is now considered one of the most significant conceptual innovations in sociology.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 246 pages
Publication date: 05 August 2022
Publisher: Springer
Sociological life course research, akin to biographical inquiry, has emerged as a vibrant and productive field of study since the late 1960s. While it is true that half a century prior, in their renowned study titled "The Polish Peasant in Europe and America" (1918-20), Thomas and Znaniecki had already employed life records to investigate the interplay between social transformation, social structures, and the life histories of individuals, a different methodological-conceptual approach to empirical social research prevailed for over fifty years. It was not until the 1960s that sociological interest in life course and biographical theoretical issues rekindled. Today, life course research is widely regarded as one of the most significant conceptual innovations in sociology in recent decades.
The Life Course as a Social Construction:
What is life course research?
The life course as an institution:
Collective life courses: generations, cohorts, and social change
Structures of the life course
Life course research: a conceptual perspective
Life course research, quo vadis?
The Author:
Prof. Dr. Matthias Wingens is a sociology professor at the University of Bremen, where he also serves as the director of the Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS).
Weight: 341g
Dimension: 210 x 148 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783658374655
Edition number: 1st ed. 2022
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