Francois Bourricaud

La actualidad de este libro procede de la forma en que aborda la pol tica y lo pol tico en el Per de los a os 50 y 60. El libro de Bourricaud est dotado de una eficiencia metodol gica y una narrativa a tambor batiente que revela el ritmo fren tico de una vida social y pol tica que opera desde la profundidad de la historia y del realismo literario. Bourricaud nos habla de un tiempo presente, de los problemas del Per de hoy, de su sorprendente actualidad: un r gimen pol tico fr gil, con sus juegos entre actores, de sus convivencias y connivencias; con un paisaje marcado por derroteros similares entorno a la dificultad de gobernar, los roles de la oposici n "obstruccionista", la incipiente sociedad civil, la politizaci n de las clases medias y la emergencia de la cholificaci n. As , muchas de las hip tesis y descripciones que Bourricaud aqu propone se mantienen, en el cuarto lustro del siglo XXI, si no absolutamente vigentes, por lo menos como contundentes invitaciones a la reflexi n y al estudio en este texto cl sico de las ciencias sociales. (Morgan Quero)

Unlike most other sociology or social science dictionaries, in this translation of the Critical Dictionary of Sociology, taken from the second French edition of the Dictionary and edited by the English sociologist Peter Hamilton, the critical value of this distinctive work is at last made available for a wider audience. Each entry grapples directly with an issue, whether theoretical, epistemological, philosophical, political or empirical, and provides a strong statement of what the authors think about it. The discussions are considered but argumentative. By reaffirming that a non-marxist style of critique is still possible, Boudon and Bourricaud have presented a distinctive approach to the key issues which confront the societies of the Twentieth and Twenty-First centuries. For some this work will be a textbook, for others an indispensable sourcebook of sociological concepts, and for most a way of opening our eyes to new dimensions in our understanding of the great ideas and theories of sociology.

Die Autoren dieses sozialwissenschaftlichen Standardwerkes behandeln in mehr als siebzig Grundsatzartikeln zu Schlüsselbegriffen, Theorien und historisch wesentlichen Autoren die zentralen Probleme der Soziologie. Insgesamt bietet der Band eine ebenso umfassende wie kritische Einführung in Entwicklung und Stand der Soziologie und ihrer einzelnen Bereiche.

Unlike most other sociology or social science dictionaries, in this translation of the Critical Dictionary of Sociology, taken from the second French edition of the Dictionary and edited by the English sociologist Peter Hamilton, the critical value of this distinctive work is at last made available for a wider audience. Each entry grapples directly with an issue, whether theoretical, epistemological, philosophical, political or empirical, and provides a strong statement of what the authors think about it. The discussions are considered but argumentative. By reaffirming that a non-marxist style of critique is still possible, Boudon and Bourricaud have presented a distinctive approach to the key issues which confront the societies of the Twentieth and Twenty-First centuries. For some this work will be a textbook, for others an indispensable sourcebook of sociological concepts, and for most a way of opening our eyes to new dimensions in our understanding of the great ideas and theories of sociology.