British Sociology

This Palgrave Pivotwill present a comprehensive history of sociology in Britain, tracking the discipline's intellectual developments within the institutional and political context. After tracing the early development of the subject as an intellectual field inempirical and idealist philosophy, evolutionism, socialism, and statistical investigations, Scott lays out the trajectory of sociology as an institutionaliseddiscipline.British Sociologymaps the spread of the subjectfrom the first Sociology Department at LSE to cover the whole country. It considersthe establishment of significant professional organisationsand journals, and the impact of feminism and political change. Scott also reviews theoretical engagement with Marxism, interactionism, feminism, and post-structuralism and the development of the discipline through researchstudies of crime, race and ethnicity, community, stratification, health, sexuality, and work. Set against the backdrop of a changing political context that has seen the growth of neoliberalism and globalisation, and looking forwardwith the ongoing search for 'new directions,'this useful and original contributionwill appeal to both academics and students across sociology, criminology, and the political sciences.