Full Description
Everett C. Hughes had a great impact on the field of sociology as a whole and on an entire generation of sociologists. Some of Hughes' former students and colleagues honor him in this book. The essays address the main themes in his work over the years, and illustrate as well Hughes' impact on the contributors, many of whom are themselves senior figures in the field. The book as a whole provides a distinguished and representative sampling of a major stream of contemporary sociological thought. Each of the five main divisions in the book covers one aspect of Hughes' work. The first deals with the study of occupations and professions-a field in which Hughes was a leader. The second section deals with race relations and other situations in which peoples of differing cultures meet. Beginning with his own work in French Canada many years ago, Hughes interests spread, and the breadth of this interest is seen in chapters on India, Peru, and race relations in the United States. Problems of organizations-how they are put together and how they work-are contained in a third section. A fourth section reflects Hughes' interest in the impact of institutional experience on the people who participate in social institutions, and includes chapters on occupational socialization, status passage, and the use of drugs. A final section develops still another of Hughes' interests-social science method. Presenting some of the most important topics of contemporary theory and research, this book remains profitable reading for every member of the discipline
Contents
I: The World of Work; 1: Sociological Perspectives on Occupations; 2: Reorganization and Accommodation: A Case in Industry; 3: The Impurity of Professional Authority; 4: Human Relations versus Management; 5: The Union-Organizing Campaign as a Problem of Social Distance: Three Crucial Dimensions of Affiliation-Disaffiliation; II: Racial and Cultural Contacts; 6: "We Distinguish-They Discriminate": Observations on Race Relations; 7: French-Canadian Engineers; 8: The Silent Sufferers: The Lecturer's Role in Student Unrest in India; 9: The Enemies of the People; 10: The Impurity of Professional Authority; III: Organizations; 11: Internal Differentiation and the Establishment of Organizations; 12: Crisis in an Institutional Network: Community Health Care; 13: Innovation in Higher Education: Notes on Student and Faculty Encounters in Three New Colleges; 14: Crisis in an Institutional Network: Community Health Care; 15: The Phoenix and the Ashes; I: Institutions and the person; 16: Occupational Commitment and the Teaching Profession; 17: Professional Socialization as Subjective Experience: The Process of Doctrinal Conversion among Student Nurses; 18: Shared Ordeal and Induction to Work; 19: Some Neglected Properties of Status Passage; 20: History, Culture, and Subjective Experience: An Exploration of the Social Bases of Drug-Induced Experiences; V: Problems of Method; 21: The Neglected Situation; 22: The Participant-Observer as a Human Being: Observations on the Personal Aspects of Field Work; 23: Asking Questions Cross-Culturally: Some Problems of Linguistic Comparability; 24: Issues in Holistic Research; 25: Stuff and Nonsense about Social Surveys and Observation
