A British Connexion? A quantitative analysis of the changing relations between American, British and Canadian sociologists

Gingras, Yves; Warren, Jean‐Philippe

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“…On the other hand, British (or UK-based) sociologists also publish overseas – a topic for further investigation, especially given the opening up of publishing opportunities compared to previous decades, but a priori less central to discussion of British sociology as such. GINGRAS and Warren (2006) show, for a few key US and Canadian journals, that over the 1981-2003 period the number of papers UK-based authors published was 31 in the American Journal of Sociology , 18 in the American Sociological Review , 13 in Social Forces , 15 in the Canadian Journal of Sociology and 11 in the Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology , as opposed to 454 in BJS. Had they included the other two UK mainstream journals they would have found nearly 1500 articles published there: the 88 published in these key North American journals constitute some 6% of this overall figure.…”

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Developments in British Sociology as Shown in British Sociology Journals

Crothers¹

2011

Sociological Research Online

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To provide a factual foundation for understanding of the trajectory of the development in British sociology a content analysis of the journal articles in the main generalist British sociology journals is provided. This contributes both an overall picture, and allows an account of contrasts between the journals. Attention is focused on the extent to which the content differs between British and other authors (and more detailed geographical breakdowns and other aspects of authorship) and how content has changed over time. Finally, how the research outcomes are related to some of the characteristics of producers and producing departments are assayed.

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Developments in British Sociology as Shown in British Sociology Journals

Crothers¹

2011

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“…For example, there is research on PhD training and hiring (Goyder ; Wilkinson et al. ), the effects of policy initiatives on disciplinary reward structures (Siler and McLaughlin ), and the relationships between Canadian and other national sociologies (Fournier ; Gingras and Warren ; Warren ). Many have focused on the development of specialties that are, or have been, especially strong in this country, such as political economy and class analysis (Brym and Fox ; Clement , ; Langford ), feminist sociology (Armstrong , ; Eichler , ), race and ethnicity (Driedger ; Ramos ), social network analysis (Tindall and Wellman ), demography (Wargon ), and symbolic interactionism (Helmes‐Hayes R manuscript in progress).…”

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“…Of course, Canadian scholars have long been interested in the history of sociology in this country and in what it means to be a Canadian sociologist (Brym and Fox 1989;Felt 1975;Helmes-Hayes 2010;Hiller 2001;Nock 1993;Platt 2006;Riggins 2014). For example, there is research on PhD training and hiring (Goyder 2009;Wilkinson et al 2013), the effects of policy initiatives on disciplinary reward structures (Siler and McLaughlin 2008), and the relationships between Canadian and other national sociologies (Fournier 2002;Gingras and Warren 2006;Warren 2014). Many have focused on the development of specialties that are, or have been, especially strong in this country, such as political economy and class analysis (Brym and Fox 1989;Clement 1998Clement , 2001Langford 2013), feminist sociology (Armstrong 1998(Armstrong , 2013Eichler 2001Eichler , 2002, race and ethnicity (Driedger 2001;Ramos 2013), social network analysis (Tindall and Wellman 2001), demography (Wargon 2001), and symbolic interactionism (Helmes-Hayes R manuscript in progress).…”

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From Porter to Bourdieu: The Evolving Specialty Structure of English Canadian Sociology, 1966 to 2014

Stokes

McLevey

2016

Canadian Review of Sociology

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How has English Canadian sociology changed from 1966 to 2014? Has it become more intellectually fragmented or cohesive over time? We answer these questions by analyzing cocitation networks extracted from 7,141 sociology articles published in 169 journals. We show how the most central early specialties developed largely in response to John Porter's The Vertical Mosaic. In later decades, the discipline diversified, fragmented, and then reorganized around a new set of specialties knit together by the work of Pierre Bourdieu. The discipline was most intellectually fragmented in periods where multiple specialties were emerging or declining concurrently (i.e., 1975 to 1984 and 1995 to 2004), and was more structurally cohesive from 2005 to 2014 than in any previous period. Comment est-ce que la sociologie canadienne-anglaise a-t-elle changé entre 1966 et 2014? Est-elle devenue plus intellectuellement fragmentée ou cohérente avec le temps? Nous répondons à ces questions en analysant des réseaux de co-citation qui ont été déduits de 7,141 articles publiés par 169 journaux. Nous démontrons les spécialités primordiales se sont développées en réponse de The Vertical Mosaic de John Porter. Durant les décennies suivantes, la discipline s'est diversifiée, fragmentée et puis s'est réorganisée autour d'une nouvelle série de spécialités liées ensemble par le travail de Pierre Bourdieu. La discipline était la plus intellectuellement fragmentée durant les périodes où plusieurs spécialités émergeaient ou déclinaient concurremment (par exemple de 1975 à 1985 et de 1995 à 2004). Par contre, elle était plus cohérente que tous les autres périodes entre 2005 et 2014.

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Disciplinary Practices As Social Manoeuvers: A Field Theory Alternative To Michael Burawoy’s Typology Of Knowledge

Landry

2015

Can. J. Soc.

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In his call for more public sociology, Michael Burawoy presents a generic framework to describe disciplinary structures in the social sciences. This model is based on a fourfold typology of knowledge which has been criticized by many. However, alternatives have fallen short of providing a convincing articulation of the social organisation and meaning of the intellectual practices the original typology was trying to describe. The debate on public sociology did not bridge differences in analytical beliefs about knowledge production and thus could not be expected to build a consensual disciplinary orientation. The current paper builds on field theory, organizational sociology, and interview data to frame the practices identified by Burawoy as social manoeuvers (i.e. ways of utilizing and legitimating knowledge) within specific social fields. In so doing, the paper provides a framework that is more flexible, more empirically adequate, and congruent with the sociology of science and the sociology of intellectuals and experts.Résumé. Dans son plaidoyer pour la sociologie publique, Michael Burawoy présente un cadre générique pour décrire les structures disciplinaires en sciences sociales. Plusieurs commentateurs ont critiqué la quadripartition typologique du savoir que propose son modèle. Cependant, les tentatives de le remplacer n'ont pas fourni une articulation convaincante du sens et de l'organisation sociale des pratiques intellectuelles abordées par la théorie originale. Le débat sur la sociologie publique n'a pas su concilier les diverses conceptions relatives à la production de connaissance. Par conséquent, il ne put construire une orientation disciplinaire consensuelle. Le présent article s'appuie sur la théorie des champs, la sociologie des organisations ainsi que des entretiens pour avancer une conception des pratiques décrites par Burawoy comme des coups (c.-à-d. des façons de mobiliser et de légitimer la connaissance) dans des champs sociaux spécifiques. 446 © Canadian Journal of SoCiology/CahierS CanadienS de SoCiologie 40(4) 2015 À ce titre, cet article fournit un cadre qui est plus flexible, plus empiriquement adéquat et compatible avec la sociologie des sciences et la sociologie des experts et des intellectuels.

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A British Connexion? A quantitative analysis of the changing relations between American, British and Canadian sociologists

Cited by 6 publications

References 17 publications

Developments in British Sociology as Shown in British Sociology Journals

Developments in British Sociology as Shown in British Sociology Journals

From Porter to Bourdieu: The Evolving Specialty Structure of English Canadian Sociology, 1966 to 2014

Disciplinary Practices As Social Manoeuvers: A Field Theory Alternative To Michael Burawoy’s Typology Of Knowledge

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