Star Sociologists Anatomy of a Disciplinary Elite /

書目詳細資料
主要作者: Korom, Philipp (Author)
企業作者: SpringerLink (Online service)
總結:XVI, 232 p. 22 illus.
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語言:英语
出版: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.
版:1st ed. 2023.
叢編:Socio-Historical Studies of the Social and Human Sciences,
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在線閱讀:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13938-3
格式: 電子 圖書
書本目錄:
  • 1 Introduction
  • References
  • 2 Eminent Scientists
  • Emergence of Research Universities
  • Enter the Professional Scientist
  • Prominent Scientists
  • In Search of a Geiger Counter to Detect Eminence
  • Citation-Based Eminence Research
  • References
  • 3 Sociology as an Academic Discipline
  • The Emergence of Sociology as a Discipline on its Own
  • From Quasi-Hegemony to Pluralism
  • Rise and Fall of Hegemonic Schools in U.S. Sociology
  • Pluralism of National Sociologies
  • Contrasting Sociology with Economics
  • SSDs with and without a Core
  • High- versus Low-Consensus SSDs
  • Hierarchical versus Non-Hierarchical SSDs
  • Self-Contained versus Open SSDs
  • Journal versus Book-Based SSDs
  • References
  • 4 Identifying the Elite
  • At the Peak of the Eminence Hierarchy
  • Two Methodological Pathways for Identifying Elites
  • Citations in Sociology—The Worst Proxy for Scholarly Recognition, Except for All the Others
  • Study I: Eminence in the Monographic and Journal Literature
  • Study II: Eminence in the Pluralistic World of Academic Journals
  • Validating the Methodology
  • Do Citations Correlate with Prizes and Memberships in Academies?
  • Are Textbook Citations Special?
  • Do Journals Mirror National and Specialist Sociologies?
  • References
  • 5 Collective Biographies and Career Pathways
  • From (Auto-)Biography to Prosopography
  • Elites in Transition
  • Elite Careers in Economics and Sociology—A Comparison
  • References
  • 6 The Rise to and the Fall from Eminence
  • Explaining (Fading) Eminence
  • Master–Apprentice Relationships
  • Elite Higher Education
  • Academic Tribes
  • Lipset and the Early Years of Political Sociology
  • Lipset: Remembered in Political Science, Neglected in Sociology
  • Why Has Lipset’s Eminence Faded in Sociology?
  • Pierre Bourdieu and U.S. Sociology: A Diffusion Study
  • Channels of Diffusion
  • Diffusing Publications and Concepts
  • Social Structures Impacting Diffusion Processes
  • CarrierGroups
  • Eminence in Sociology—A Nested Phenomenon Extending Across Many Specialties
  • References
  • 7 Elites as Gatekeepers
  • The Case of Journal Reviewers
  • The Case of RKM—An Eminent Scholar Crisscrossing Social Circles
  • RKM as Gate-Opener—Analysis of 1460 Recommendation Letters
  • Elite Power in Sociology?
  • References
  • 8 Making Sense of Prestige Elites
  • The Discipline-Elite Nexus
  • Toward a Sociology of Academic Elites
  • References.