Sociology, Health and the Fractured Society

A Critical Realist Account

Graham Scambler

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Routledge
21 March 2019

Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge; Sociology; Social welfare & social services; Personal & public health

Series: Routledge Studies in Critical Realism

It is now accepted that many of the determinants of health and health care are social. This volume offers a philosophical and theoretical frame within which the nature and extent of this might be optimally examined. The analysis is rooted in Roy Bhaskar’s basic and dialectical critical realism, although it draws also on the critical theory of Jurgen Habermas. It purports to provide an ontologically and epistemologically grounded comparative sociology of contemporary health and health care in the twenty-first century.

Carrying a fourfold agenda, the volume sets out a dialectical critical realist frame for a comparative sociology of health and health care; it clarifies sociology’s potential and limitations; it suggests a research programme and a series of questions for investigation; and it offers an argument for an action sociology embedded in a dialectical theory of transformative action.

This volume will be of interest to students and scholars in the areas of philosophy, sociology and critical realism, as well as those working in health and social care.

By: Graham Scambler
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 362g
ISBN: 9780367271732
ISBN 10: 0367271737
Series: Routledge Studies in Critical Realism
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 21 March 2019
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction Part I 1. Health as a Social Lens 2. Perspectives in Health Sociology Part II 3. Basic Critical Realism and Health 4. Archer, Reflexivity and Middle-Range Theories 5. The Sociological Potential of Dialectical Critical Realism Part III 6. ‘Fractured Society’: Health and The Mechanisms That Matter Most 7. Transformative Politics and Change 8. A Sociological Manifesto References Index

Graham Scambler was Professor of Medical Sociology at UCL until his retirement in 2013, and is currently Emeritus Professor of Sociology at UCL and Visiting Professor of Sociology at Surrey University.