Peter Sohlberg
Biographic Data
| ID | 4174518 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peter Sohlberg |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peter |
| FAMILY NAME | Sohlberg |
| SIGNATURE | SOHLBERG P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stockholm University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Constructing Social Research Objects: Constructionism in research practice
The third volume on theoretical driven methodology in the social sciences, again edited by Håkon Leiulfsrud and Peter Sohlberg, explains how to identify sociological research objects, and the art of living theory. Theoretical concepts such as social structure, the Global South, social bonds, organisations and management are explore and developed by a broad range of authors. The methodological chapters, including critical notes on sociology and us…
Theory in Action: Theoretical Constructionism
How to approach social theory actively, with a theoretical lens analogous to the use of methods, has been a challenge for professional scholars and students alike. Rather than treating social theory in an iconic manner, we explore the active use of theorizing for constructing and generating new knowledge. Examples of theoretical constructions and topics discussed include: the heuristic role of concepts; theoretical construction work; the importan…
A Thick Description of Robert K. Merton’s Middle Range Theory – Manifest Properties and Latent Ambivalence
Concepts in Action: Conceptual Constructionism
Rather than treating concepts and their application in a static and iconic manner,Concepts in Action provides us with examples of the active and creative use of concepts for constructing and generating new knowledge. Examples of theoretic constructions and topics discussed refers to the function of theory in main stream sociology; concepts enabling us to expand the range of interpretations; a critical view and approach to general concepts of cult…
Welfare State Restructuring in Education and its National Refractions: Finnish, Irish and Swedish Teachers’ Perceptions of Current Changes
The governance of the welfare state is going through profound transformations in many western countries. Similarly, reforms, influenced by neoliberal ideology, are being applied particularly in the field of education all over Europe. However, it is likely that there are divergent outcomes as these widely shared models are adapted in historical and local particularities. The aim of this article is to examine how Finnish, Irish and Swedish teachers…
Is there nothing beyond postmodernism and ‘the theoretical Other’? The need for balancing universalism and diversity in social work
In his article, ‘Against difference and diversity in social work: the case of human rights’, Stephen Webb captures several important problems concerning the application of a postmodern human rights perspective in social work. Although accepting Webb's diagnosis, for example that the postmodern discourse neglects basic structural conditions essential for understanding social problems and thus leads to a policy of symbols and rhetoric, this article…
Amartya Sen's entitlement approach: Empirical statement or conceptual framework
In this article, the theoretical and methodological status of Amartya Sen's entitlement approach is discussed. The point of departure for the discussion is Caf Dowlah's criticism in this issue of the International Journal of Social Welfare of Sen's analysis of the 1974 famine in Bangladesh. In his article, Dowlah criticises Sen for not giving a full empirical account of the socio-political situation, primarily the widespread corrup-tion in Bangla…
Debate: Social resistance and the absent utopia: comments on Hartley Dean’s article Social rights and social resistance
This article focuses on conceptual and methodological problems in the transition from normative conceptions of social rights to more general strategies of social policy. In a discussion of Hartley Dean's article Social Rights and Social Resistance, the author argues that relevant “rights strategies” within social policy in general transcends the traditional dichotomy, assumed by Dean, between structural approaches and more agent‐oriented approach…
Sociology and Normative Power: The Heritage of Torgny T. Segerstedt
Torgny T:son Segerstedt (1908-99) was the first duly appointed professor of sociology in Sweden. With a background in philosophy, early in his career Segerstedt was occupied with questions of symbolic communication and normative structures. From Segerstedt's understanding of social life follows the importance of social control and symbolic power whose most condensed expression in his perspective are norms. Segerstedt's focus on symbolic and norma…
Introduction: The Nordic Heritage
Twentieth Century Sociology (1948), Gurvitch and Moore's monumental overview of sociology during the first half of the century, contains chapters on sociology in the USA, Germany, France, Russia, as well as in Poland, Italy and South America. There is no mention of Scandinavia or the Nordic countries. Such was also the case with the main reviews that followed during the next 20 years. This pattern of international invisibility was broken in the 1…
Debatt. Finns det för få orsaker inom sociologin?- En replik till diskussionen om det oförklarade
Sociologisk Forsknings digitala arkiv
Is there nothing beyond postmodernism and ‘the theoretical Other’? The need for balancing universalism and diversity in social work
In his article, ‘Against difference and diversity in social work: the case of human rights’, Stephen Webb captures several important problems concerning the application of a postmodern human rights perspective in social work. Although accepting Webb's diagnosis, for example that the postmodern discourse neglects basic structural conditions essential for understanding social problems and thus leads to a policy of symbols and rhetoric, this article…
Sociology and Normative Power: The Heritage of Torgny T. Segerstedt
Torgny T:son Segerstedt (1908-99) was the first duly appointed professor of sociology in Sweden. With a background in philosophy, early in his career Segerstedt was occupied with questions of symbolic communication and normative structures. From Segerstedt's understanding of social life follows the importance of social control and symbolic power whose most condensed expression in his perspective are norms. Segerstedt's focus on symbolic and norma…
Introduction: The Nordic Heritage
Twentieth Century Sociology (1948), Gurvitch and Moore's monumental overview of sociology during the first half of the century, contains chapters on sociology in the USA, Germany, France, Russia, as well as in Poland, Italy and South America. There is no mention of Scandinavia or the Nordic countries. Such was also the case with the main reviews that followed during the next 20 years. This pattern of international invisibility was broken in the 1…
Debatt. Finns det för få orsaker inom sociologin?- En replik till diskussionen om det oförklarade
Sociologisk Forsknings digitala arkiv
Debate: Social resistance and the absent utopia: comments on Hartley Dean’s article Social rights and social resistance
This article focuses on conceptual and methodological problems in the transition from normative conceptions of social rights to more general strategies of social policy. In a discussion of Hartley Dean's article Social Rights and Social Resistance, the author argues that relevant “rights strategies” within social policy in general transcends the traditional dichotomy, assumed by Dean, between structural approaches and more agent‐oriented approach…
Sociology and Normative Power: The Heritage of Torgny T. Segerstedt
Torgny T:son Segerstedt (1908-99) was the first duly appointed professor of sociology in Sweden. With a background in philosophy, early in his career Segerstedt was occupied with questions of symbolic communication and normative structures. From Segerstedt's understanding of social life follows the importance of social control and symbolic power whose most condensed expression in his perspective are norms. Segerstedt's focus on symbolic and norma…
Introduction: The Nordic Heritage
Twentieth Century Sociology (1948), Gurvitch and Moore's monumental overview of sociology during the first half of the century, contains chapters on sociology in the USA, Germany, France, Russia, as well as in Poland, Italy and South America. There is no mention of Scandinavia or the Nordic countries. Such was also the case with the main reviews that followed during the next 20 years. This pattern of international invisibility was broken in the 1…
Amartya Sen's entitlement approach: Empirical statement or conceptual framework
In this article, the theoretical and methodological status of Amartya Sen's entitlement approach is discussed. The point of departure for the discussion is Caf Dowlah's criticism in this issue of the International Journal of Social Welfare of Sen's analysis of the 1974 famine in Bangladesh. In his article, Dowlah criticises Sen for not giving a full empirical account of the socio-political situation, primarily the widespread corrup-tion in Bangla…
Is there nothing beyond postmodernism and ‘the theoretical Other’? The need for balancing universalism and diversity in social work
In his article, ‘Against difference and diversity in social work: the case of human rights’, Stephen Webb captures several important problems concerning the application of a postmodern human rights perspective in social work. Although accepting Webb's diagnosis, for example that the postmodern discourse neglects basic structural conditions essential for understanding social problems and thus leads to a policy of symbols and rhetoric, this article…
Welfare State Restructuring in Education and its National Refractions: Finnish, Irish and Swedish Teachers’ Perceptions of Current Changes
The governance of the welfare state is going through profound transformations in many western countries. Similarly, reforms, influenced by neoliberal ideology, are being applied particularly in the field of education all over Europe. However, it is likely that there are divergent outcomes as these widely shared models are adapted in historical and local particularities. The aim of this article is to examine how Finnish, Irish and Swedish teachers…
Theory in Action: Theoretical Constructionism
How to approach social theory actively, with a theoretical lens analogous to the use of methods, has been a challenge for professional scholars and students alike. Rather than treating social theory in an iconic manner, we explore the active use of theorizing for constructing and generating new knowledge. Examples of theoretical constructions and topics discussed include: the heuristic role of concepts; theoretical construction work; the importan…
A Thick Description of Robert K. Merton’s Middle Range Theory – Manifest Properties and Latent Ambivalence
Concepts in Action: Conceptual Constructionism
Rather than treating concepts and their application in a static and iconic manner,Concepts in Action provides us with examples of the active and creative use of concepts for constructing and generating new knowledge. Examples of theoretic constructions and topics discussed refers to the function of theory in main stream sociology; concepts enabling us to expand the range of interpretations; a critical view and approach to general concepts of cult…
Constructing Social Research Objects: Constructionism in research practice
The third volume on theoretical driven methodology in the social sciences, again edited by Håkon Leiulfsrud and Peter Sohlberg, explains how to identify sociological research objects, and the art of living theory. Theoretical concepts such as social structure, the Global South, social bonds, organisations and management are explore and developed by a broad range of authors. The methodological chapters, including critical notes on sociology and us…
Sociology (9 works) · Philosophy (8 works) · Epistemology (7 works) · Social science (7 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Law (3 works)