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OG Kush. Sour Diesel. Wax, shatter, and vapes. Marijuana has come a long way since its seedy days in the back parking lots of our culture. So has Howard S. Becker, the eminent sociologist, jazz musician, expert on "deviant" culture, and founding
In 1963, Howard S. Becker gave a lecture about deviance, challenging the then-conventional definition that deviance was inherently criminal and abnormal and arguing that instead, deviance was better understood as a function of labeling. At the end of his
Designed to help students learn how to think about research projects, this guide offers suggestions which cover four broad areas of social science: the creation of the "imagery" to guide research; methods of "sampling" to generate maxi
For more than thirty years, Writing for Social Scientists has been a lifeboat for writers in all fields, from beginning students to published authors. It starts with a powerful reassurance: Academic writing is stressful, and even accomplished scholars lik
One of French writer Georges Perec's most famous pieces, "I Remember", consists of 480 numbered paragraphs - each just a few short lines recalling a memory from his childhood. The work has neither a beginning nor an end, nor does it contain
One of the most groundbreaking sociology texts of the 20th century, Howard S. Beckers Outsiders revolutionized the study of social deviance. Howard S. Beckers Outsiders broke new ground in the early 1960sand the ideas it proposed and problems it raised ar
Howard S. Becker is a master of his discipline. His reputation as a teacher as well as a sociologist, is supported by his best-selling quartet of sociological guidebooks: Writing for Social Scientists, Tricks of the Trade, Telling About Society, and What
This classic sociological examination of art as collective action explores the cooperative network of suppliers, performers, dealers, critics, and consumers who - along with the artist - "produce" a work of art. Howard S. Becker looks at the con
Bogenudkom i USA i 1963 og fremstår stadig som den mest skarpsindige undersøgelse om ukonventionelle individer og deres position i det normale samfund. Bogen foreligger nu i en opdateret 2. udgave med et nyt forord og to nye kapitler af Howard Becker. Bog
Dette er en indsigtsfuld metodologisk refleksionsbog, der inkarnerer en række forskningsdyder alt fra skeptisk efterprøvning, grundighed og ydmyghed til praktisk snilde og forestillingsmæssig kreativitet. I Evidens bedre belæg i samfundsvidenskab kommer
The transition from young layman aspiring to be a physician to the young physician skilled in technique and confident in his dealings with patients is slow and halting. To study medicine is generally rated one of the major educational ordeals of American