The Applied Sociology Blog

Is the Sociological Clinic Open for Business?

Sociology has much to say about the grand problems facing contemporary society, from climate change to migration to wealth and health inequalities, as readers of Discover Society know. But sociologists are also addressing the smaller problems of everyday life, ranging from improving urban spaces to enhancing work and productivity.

By bsa-soa, 5 years8th September 2020 ago

Inequalities

Sociologists should stop talking about social class

Once upon a time it meant something when we talked about social class. But the turn towards cultural and symbolic approaches to class in recent sociology has made ‘social class’ increasingly meaningless and empirically unhelpful.

By bsa-soa, 5 years8th September 2020 ago